As I start this post, I am sitting in bed a little before noon, with just an hour to go in my workday. We leave San Diego in a few hours, which will be a bittersweet finish to what has been quite a trip! The last couple of days I have been able to see …
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San Diego Diary: July 13
Today I’ll try to catch this running diary back up in advance of the last installment on either Thursday or Friday. I’ve enjoyed my time in San Diego, and even though I wish I didn’t have to work 7:00 – 3:00 most days and feel as though there’s still a ton I haven’t seen, we’ve …
San Diego Diary: July 12
Happy Monday! Chris and Chanelle are now happily married, and notwithstanding one snafu with their travel plans will be honeymooning all week. It was a wonderful weekend for everyone. I’m glad I got to be part of it, and I’ll try to summarize it pretty briefly. I finished my work shift at the pool Friday …
San Diego Diary: July 9
We’ll pick this one up where I left off yesterday, in awe of the insane hotel complex we’re staying at. Elizabeth left in the afternoon to go to a bridal shower/bridesmaids tea sort of thing, so I was left at the hotel on my own until Pam and Winston arrived. Pam texted that they were …
San Diego Diary: July 8
I have the unique opportunity to write a blog of a longer vacation as it happens! Elizabeth’s cousin Chris is getting married to his longtime fiancee Chanelle in San Diego this weekend. Elizabeth booked us flights to get out here today and stay all the way through Thursday the 15th. With my Pathways internship at …
Hot Springs National Park: Day 2
The first thing that I noticed was the stillness. Coming off of a night where our tent had been buffeted by periodic wind gusts that kept me up until very late, the relative calm was jarring. The next thing I noticed was that light was filtering into our tent, which meant it was officially Saturday. …
Summer Bucket List
This summer has gotten off to a bit of a slow start. Sure, there was an epic graduation weekend party: And sure, Elizabeth went to a bachelorette party in New Orleans (but doesn’t want to guest blog about it, lame). And sure, we did bag a few tornadoes in late May while everyone else in …
Hot Springs National Park: Day 1
October 2020. A week and a half before an election that Americans had been on the edge of their seat about. In the middle of a pandemic that continued to steadily worsen, with people now over half a year removed from everyday life. A time when people eyed each other suspiciously not only trying to …
May 26, 2021 Storm Chase: Perryton, TX Tornadoes
Ever since mid-March (!?!), 2021 has been a nightmarish year for me storm chasing. I did not properly chase one storm in all of April. Which isn’t to say that the atmosphere wasn’t cooperating – on April 23, a cyclic supercell put down tornado after tornado near Vernon, TX. I was at Scipio’s vet appointment. …
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Summer 2020: Rocky Mountain National Park
Previous Post: As cool as it would have been to camp above the tree line, Rocky Mountain National Park didn’t offer that as an option. Instead, Elizabeth and I were planning on cramming Michael and Irene with us in our tent spot at the Glacier Basin Campground. Glacier Basin provided perfect access to the main …
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