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My summer, on the halfshell
Well, this is awkward. Been a while. I said I’d write. I didn’t write. Didn’t call…eh.. It wasn’t that my summer was boring and there was nothing exciting to blog about; nor was it that I was so busy doing awesome things that I just couldn’t find the time. Those would be what we call…
Superstorm Sandy
I’m smelly, tired, and culture shocked, and I haven’t even left the US yet. It’s been an interesting couple of days in New Jersey, to say the least. We heard that “the perfect storm” was coming through, and we saw on the news the catastrophic predictions. Never before, they kept saying, had they seen a…
Gettin’ ready
Oh my, here I go. I’m ready for my trip. Well, at least physically ready, I’m not sure if I’m mentally all there. I have spent the last week tying up loose ends and getting my stuff together for my little adventure over to the other side of the world. My bag is packed and…
Home!
I’m home. After quite the journey through airport after airport, my mother was there at 1 in the morning in Philadelphia to take me home. I walked out the airport doors and heard a measly honk from what must have been my mom’s car. They don’t make horns that sound like that anymore. It was…
Back in the Boze
I’m exhausted. Leaving San Francisco: Woke up at 4 am, to get a ride to SFO. Danny had to be at work at 6, so he had to drop me off many hours before my 9 am flight. I had stayed at his girlfriends house in the city the night before, mindlessly watching television for…
The Foggy City
San Francisco! Gosh it’s good to be back. So let’s see: I guess this post begins the day before yesterday. After spending the day in Sebastapol, and seeing the coast and some more redwoods, we decided to head into Frisco for the evening, to meet up with some of my friends from high school. We…
Sebastapol
After a wonderful day in the Redwoods, we moved on Southward towads Sebastapol. Ray has a friend from way back in the day that lives in Sebastapol, and so our goal was to make it to Graham’s house by the evening. We drove pretty much straight through, down the 1, and only stopped to cook…
The Redwoods
“The last 24 hours have been kinda hectic, yeah?” Ray commented as we drove away from the Trees of Mystery. “Yeah, but it’s been awesome.” After leaving Crater Lake yesterday, we headed South towards the Redwoods. It was about a 5 hour drive, and we were planning to get to the Redwoods just before sundown….
The Oregon Coast
We left Portland at noon today, and headed South on route 5. The drive to Crater Lake from Portland could be 4 and a half hours, if you go down the interstate through the middle of the state. We decided to drive along the Oregon coast, on 101, and see the Pacific Ocean again. It…
Crater Lake
We arrived somewhere in the Umpqua National Forest last night around 9. We drove up to a campsite near Diamond Lake in the dark, and set up camp in less than 4 minutes. We sat and cooked Ramen and told stories until it was time for bed. In the midst of the Cascades, we knew…
Portland, Oregon
We made it to Portland around 2 in the afternoon on Sunday. Driving up to Sole’s house, and seeing her out in the year waving us down was priceless. It’s a nice feeling to see her outside of Yellowstone, in her element, and living her own life. It made me realize how Yellowstone really gives…
Olympic National Park
We drove for three hours yesterday, and ended up in one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen. I have always wanted to see the Pacific Northwest, especially after Michael went here in 2010 and spent a semester with NOLS backpacking and sailing. He told me that the trees were incredible here, and I…
Bye Bye Yellowstone! Until next time…
Well, folks, I’m on the road! After a little over a week at Old Faithful, I threw in the towel and hopped in a car with a friend to do a roadtrip of the Pacific Northwest. And I couldn’t be happier. You see, working at Yellowstone was awesome. Working at Lake was awesome, really. Lake…
Brief Update
Wow, time has been flying; life has been busy. I only have a 31 minute lunch break, so I must be brief. But here is what’s been going on: On the 23rd, the Lake Hotel closed, and on the 24th, we started “deep clean.” My friend Pete, a Becket guy, came to visit right…
Elephant Back
So Lake Village is not really known for any really good hiking opportunities, but we do have one: Elephant Back. It’s been there all season, and I’ve always wanted to just go up it, but I’ve never done it. So yesterday, I decided to just do it. Glenn and his mom and sister are in…
It’s a new day
Well, Jesse did not get his job back. I figured he wouldn’t. The charges for vandalism were dropped in court, but Xanterra wouldn’t take him back since he “destroyed” their precious property. So that’s that. I haven’t quite gotten over it yet; I will miss him very dearly. I have been missing him. I was…
Catchin’ up
Wow. I have so many things to write about, think about, talk about, etc., but it never seems like I have any time to properly journal them down. This post will be a recap of a number of recent events, but I can’t guarantee that the chronology will be in order. I’ll start with today, since it…
Camping! Finally!
Sore feet, tired brain, and stiff legs: the life of an overworked waitress. I needed a weekend, and I needed one bad. I had to pay two people to cover my Expo shift on Monday, so that I could leave after breakfast on Monday with Meaghan and Josh to go camping. We had originally planned…
The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone
I’ve been wanting to go to Canyon ever since I got here, but I haven’t really had the chance. I had heard that it is beautiful and has a sort of fatal attraction that draws people to the edge to get a better look. I wanted to see for myself. Having just gone to The…
Jenny Lake
It’s been over a week since my last post, and well…all I have to say for myself is I have been busy. When I’m not at work, I’m sleeping. When I’m not at work or sleeping, it’s usually after a dinner shift, and I’m at the pub playing pool with other employees living this zombie-esque…