Welcome (Back) to West Yellowstone

I used to think I would grow out of this place. For some inexplicable reason I'm ridiculously happy to return this year. Maybe I grew into it?

Lake Hebgen

Trying to locate a trail head...

Alicia and I in the park

As Old Faithful prepares to do her thing...

Upper Falls

We share the road with these guys around here...

Picking up Dianna from the airport...

Life Transitions: Investigating Hawai'i

Hawai'i: Is a go. My grad program rocks. The sun is a boon for my soul. The awesome people do awesome things.

(Plan: Buy a bike ASAP upon arrival to the islands.)

(This is the car I drove around for my rad house/car swap.)


(I pine for a bamboo driveway like this one above.)

Life Transitions: Final Days in SLC

Jake

Laureen and Mia


Co-workers Dave and Dawn

Finishing projects at work...

Nichole, Kris (my awesome boss), Robin, Dawn


At dinner with the gang

Talena, Me, Casandra, Becky

Derek and I

Sterling

Life Plans

Okay world. After careful consideration and contemplation, here's the plan as of right now:

• Step #1: Fly to Honolulu next week for site visit at Hawai'i Pacific University to make sure it's "the one".
• Step #2: Summer in Montana.
• Step #3: Assuming next weeks site visit is just great, move to Ohua to begin Masters in Sustainable Development.
  

Any thoughts? :)

How a Nap Should Be

Pre-nap:

Post-nap:






Sweet slumber...

Just Booked

Just booked plane tickets to Honolulu for late April. My first ever for the islands, though I have a feeling these may just be the first of many. More explanation to come...

Minimalism: It Feels Good

Something about minimalism draws me in and demands my respect and attention. I wish I had taken a picture a couple weeks ago of the eight boxes of clothes and miscellaneous items that I cleared out of my life. We basically went from something like this:


To something like this:


Though I downsize every six months or so, I seem to accumulate too much in the interim. This time I'm sticking to simplicity, and, subsequently, mental serenity. Some people need a few extra things to pad their fears of not having enough. Others need their all of their possessions to fit in a backpack if necessary. And many are somewhere in between.

Bottom line: For me, less is more.