It’s been a pretty big year since my last blog post. Traveled to Santa Barbara (saw Dana and Carolyn) and Tokyo, bought a new house next to Kitty-Kat, decent summer including an injury-free season with the ‘Shrikes, went to Idaho for Grandma’s 90th (plus 1/2) birthday, managed to get to north of the Brooks Range […]
Entries Tagged as 'Travel'
Quite a year
October 27th, 2013 · Comments Off
Tags: Alaska · blog · Fairbanks · Friends · holidays · Life · Travel
A Different Perspective from Mt. Kilimanjaro
October 1st, 2012 · 2 Comments
New lesson learned: Every once in a while, it is good to look up — both mentally and physically. This past week plus, I have been on a Mount Kilimanjaro expedition with Kenji, 3 other scientists (2 from Japan, 1 from Russia), 6 students (1 Tanzanian, 5 US), 6 teachers (1 Tanzanian, 5 US), 7 […]
Tags: Kilimanjaro · Life · Travel
Attempted Ride into the Magic Bus
February 21st, 2012 · 1 Comment
After renting a couple fat bikes, we (Miriam, her house mate Joanna, and El Toro Guapo) headed out last Sunday to the Stampede Trail, located just outside of Healey. The Stampede Trail has recently gained fame as the ‘magic bus’ (Into the Wild refernce) is located off this trail. We headed out early and were […]
Tags: Alaska · Friends · Magic Bus · Stampede Trail · Travel
A week in Seattle
February 12th, 2012 · Comments Off
After a good week in Boulder, I went to Seattle to work at the University of Washington for a week. It was a really good week, work-wise. I gave a seminar on Tuesday (was asked to give it on Monday morning – definitely an impromptu talk). I had never been to UW, very beautiful campus. […]
Tags: Travel
Cold Departure
January 30th, 2012 · 1 Comment
I managed to escape the Fairbanks cold Saturday night. The airport temperature was -49F when we left. The icefog in town has been horrible – nearly impossible to see. The picture above (not a great picture) was taken on the way to the airport. The icefog was so thick, you can barely see the car […]
Tags: Fairbanks · Friends · Travel · weather
Winter Holiday in Kauai
January 16th, 2012 · Comments Off
No doubt it has been a long while since I have blogged, but I have decided to start up again as one of my New Year’s resolutions. Last year was the first year that I had not taken a winter holiday in a long time – or at least been somewhere new and different, if […]
Tags: holidays · New Years · Travel
Crazy big
May 17th, 2009 · Comments Off
Alaska is a crazy big place, so different than nearly all the places I have been these past couple years. In the past month, I have seen a lot of this incredibly big and beautiful state. The 2nd week of work was spent with Kenji traveling all around the state and helping a bit with […]
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Back in the ‘Banks
April 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off
After about 2.5 years, I have finally made it back to Fairbanks. On the return from Nicaragua, I stopped in Boulder for a few days to visit with Peter and Jen. We went up to Brainard Cabin – a place Peter has been visiting since he was a wee lad. Very fun and very nice. […]
