Since my dad and I couldn't go our planned route (Highline Trail to Granite Park Chalet to Swiftcurrent Pass down back to Many Glacier) due to trail closure, we instead all drove over Logan Pass and did things on the west side of the park. We walked the Trail of the Cedars, which reminded me of Olympic National Forest with how humid and lush it was ( Read more... )

We did an easier day today (although fitbit still has me at almost 33 thousand steps and 258 flights of stairs before dinner, so not ENTIRELY easy...). We went from the trailhead near the entrance up a really, really steep beginning of a trail. From there, we went to a campsite by Lake Poia. There were waterfalls and a nice lake. We walked over the ( Read more... )

Today we drove up to the parking lot at Saint Mary's to leave the car, then took the shuttle bus up to Siyeh Bend. We hiked up to Piegan Pass, although it was a bit windy. We took a break for lunch at the pass, although we saw no marmots ( Read more... )

Mostly driving across Montana (Montana is large). But we did drive around a little in the morning and look off the overlooks at Teddy Roosevelt. The views were nice, plus we saw a bunch of animals on the drive. We ran into two groups of bison on the road, and saw many other groups and individual animals. It seems that they do very well up in the ( Read more... )

We left this morning from St. Paul. As usual, I was up too late the night before, and then in the morning was messing with rental applications and buying plane tickets for my trip with Anna (with whom I am now going to Madrid, not Romania, due to availability of flights for her ( Read more... )

I have deposited and I guess I am now a doctor. But, I don't start work until mid-October, and I therefore don't have to use vacation time, so I am traveling. Goal: reduce stress, recharge batteries, have some fun ( Read more... )

Well, now it's cold and rainy. I guess it was bound to happen sometime ( Read more... )

The forecast has said cold and rain every day for almost the past week, but instead we've had warm and dry weather. My plants are a little sad right now because they got a little TOO dry; I watered them when I brought them in an hour ago and I'm hoping they perk back up overnight ( Read more... )

Writing up my dissertation turns out not to be terribly exciting ( Read more... )

Today's big accomplishment was not getting rained on. It was fairly ominous on my walk home, but the worst I got was a few sprinkles. The rest of it held out until I got inside -- which was nice, since I left my umbrella at work ( Read more... )