Summer Update Part 2.- Everything besides India.

Summer Job

After getting back from India, I spent most of the summer working for the biology department as a part of the undergraduate research program. The best parts of working on campus for the bio department during the summer is:
1) Getting to know your research professor better. They're great people.
2)Free bagels everyday. I love bagels.... So that's what I call work benefits.
3)Wednesday= free lunch
4) Last but not least you get to live with this view all summer for free.

The Big 80

My grandpa turned 80 during the summer, so naturally I flew out to Ohio to meet up with the rest of my family to bring in the big day with him. Even though I spent most of the weekend in Airport lobbies, coffee shops, and on the plane rather than Ohio, it was still a sweet trip.

Some random bus out behind grandparents house.

The Man of the hour.

The whole crew. I personally thought it was a cool gazebo.

Colorado
Me and my roommate wanted to go on some sort of an adventure once we finished our summer jobs. So we originally were gonna go to Costa Rica, but then we realized it was so dang expensive so we settled for a close second..... Backpacking in Colorado.

I had only been to Durango once so I had no idea where to go. After talking to an employee at the local mountaineering store, we found an awesome place to go backpacking for a four days. Easily one of the coolest and most spontaneous trips I've ever done. If you ever have the chance to randomly drive to Durango, go talk to Jeremy at Pine Needle Mountaineering and he'll hook you up.

Before:

A peak we failed to summit. Dang elevation.

Tomorrow morning I head back to Loma for RA training.... Loma round 3.