niece and nephew - madeline and kieranmy friend trevor was giving me a hard time for not updating this site very often. my excuse is that tomorrow will be the 10th (and final) day i am in santa cruz in the 6 week period between mid-may and the end of june. i have entered the feast cycle of my travel schedule...
i have been in the field quite a bit in the last few weeks. my friend and former co-worker matt came down from oregon to help me out with one of the trips...it was great to get to work with him for a few days again. kate and i were a little less lucky with the weather the last couple of days. the wind has been crazy strong. on the bright side, we now have a new metric for crappy days on the water (my mom worries already so i won't say anything more than that).
last week i was in minnesota visiting the family. i got to see everyone including my aunts and uncles on my dad's side, which is a rare occurrence. i was also able to spend some time with good friends, which was a bonus. my niece is nearly as tall as me (she's 8!) and kieran is running around and babbling up a storm. i also got my fix of lake fishing and thunderstorms but was a little too early for lightning bugs. my mom and i built a raised garden bed for their veggies...hopefully the little plants are growing like mad.
on saturday i am off to salt lake city, utah, for a couple weeks. i could tell you that i am taking a stable isotopes class...but you can just think of it as nerd camp. i'm okay with that, really. i know that i am a science geek. i am really excited about the class - i think it will be great! i am also looking forward to the days following the class because my brother is going to ride out to salt lake on his motorcycle and then we are going to southern utah for a few days to enjoy the beauty and magic of the redrock that is zion, bryce, and the canyonlands.
i have been in the field quite a bit in the last few weeks. my friend and former co-worker matt came down from oregon to help me out with one of the trips...it was great to get to work with him for a few days again. kate and i were a little less lucky with the weather the last couple of days. the wind has been crazy strong. on the bright side, we now have a new metric for crappy days on the water (my mom worries already so i won't say anything more than that).
last week i was in minnesota visiting the family. i got to see everyone including my aunts and uncles on my dad's side, which is a rare occurrence. i was also able to spend some time with good friends, which was a bonus. my niece is nearly as tall as me (she's 8!) and kieran is running around and babbling up a storm. i also got my fix of lake fishing and thunderstorms but was a little too early for lightning bugs. my mom and i built a raised garden bed for their veggies...hopefully the little plants are growing like mad.
on saturday i am off to salt lake city, utah, for a couple weeks. i could tell you that i am taking a stable isotopes class...but you can just think of it as nerd camp. i'm okay with that, really. i know that i am a science geek. i am really excited about the class - i think it will be great! i am also looking forward to the days following the class because my brother is going to ride out to salt lake on his motorcycle and then we are going to southern utah for a few days to enjoy the beauty and magic of the redrock that is zion, bryce, and the canyonlands.
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Stable isotopes are lame. Unstable isotopes are "the cool".
-Carl
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