Day 5: This is what at least half of day 5 looked like, leading us toward Bellingham, WA. In my opinion, eastern Washington State has really been overshadowed by western Washington State. This country is beautiful! The topography here is a geomorphologist’s dream… these rolling hills are enormous features formed by the catastrophic release of water from glacial Lake Missoula. … (more…)
Day 3: Time to hit the road again. But – before we get too far, at least one-half of the family requires a stop through Deadwood, SD. At this point in our lives, Eric and I had watched all but the last episode of Deadwood. We followed signs to Mt. Moriah cemetery, the final resting place for many of the… (more…)
Hello there! It sure has been awhile. I’m suddenly compelled to get a few things out into the ether… I wish I could say that I’ve been taking a sabbatical from the google tubes… but alas, I’ve just been focusing my efforts on other priorities – like my day job, and an even higher priority – myself. Back to our… (more…)
We’ve recently had rain. Serious rain… frog stranglers. It was exciting to see the storms approach, to hear the tornado sirens, to watch my garden overflow with water… to see the rainwater pour off of the roof – laughing at the gutters (OK…. so they were packed with pine duff)… to watch the pond that formed alongside my home… to… (more…)
I love this…. go ahead, you can watch it again… I’ll wait. Dwight and I have a lot in common actually. I used to listen to a lot of heavy metal… I can see how Mötley Crüe could psych you up. I used to crank up the music to be ready to face my day. I think I need to… (more…)
One quick week home… it went like this… Gardening, cleaning, 90-day planning, connecting, networking, things-are-looking-up! Spring is springing and work is working! But I’m back on the road – in New Orleans this week – focusing on my day job. It’s conference time. Here’s my prediction: Excitement, networking, (beer), planning, geology, lunching, dining, (beer), schmoozing… a bit of shopping…. fading….… (more…)
We’re in Costa Rica this week – a little vacation that we like to call the Badger Summit (Badger Summit 2.0 to be precise). We’ve decided to vacation once every 3 years with friends from graduate school. Turns out, the 4 couples each have daughters about the same age – so it’s kinda nice to get the girls together too. … (more…)
This fine welcome sign was a gift to me from my family. I like it, it’s got great colors and textures and it adds a bit of decoration to the front entryway. Note the hole in the shingle directly above it? Apparently our resident woodpecker found this sign to be welcoming too. Not the kind of character I’m going for… (more…)
The euchre smackdown game. I had forgotten how much I like euchre until we pulled out the cards on our mini-vacation to Chicago. I hadn’t played in years – but all it took was one practice round to feel ready to jump in again. We decided it would be girls against the guys. I’m not sure what the actual level… (more…)