Mardi Gras in St. Louis

Insanely crowded on the line!

Pittsburgh Airport

Airport before leaving to St. Louis

End of Night

Stop motion film composed with cutouts from a National Geographic magazine and beads. I wrote the music with guitar, theremin, and kitchen chair.

Toothpick Sculpture

Finally finished my toothpick sculpture. Around 1700 toothpicks and a fourth of a bottle of Elmer's all purpose glue. Little baby spider plants from Franklin resting inside.

Photos from PA cities

Some Photos from Pittsburgh (exploring Allegheny Cemetery with Bu) and Philadelphia (trip to Mutter Museum with Ma and Pat).

Some photos around Pittsburgh

Day #33 (Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore)

Day#32 (Duluth Thanks Emily!!)

Pictured Rocks NP was an awesome way to end the trip. I was definitely not expecting the Great Lakes to be so cleansing... best beaches I have been to in my life.

Day#34 (Pittsburgh)

Day#30-31 (Theodore Roosevelt National Park)

Theodore Roosevelt National Park contains some of the badlands of North Dakota.

Our first day at the park, we spotted a bison walking along the road. I didn't realize that as I slowly drove beside him, he was inching closer to the van. He suddenly began to charge the van.

Here's a video, you can see him about to charge before we drove away:

After the charge, we got caught in the worst storm of the trip. I've never seen a sky like it, the dark blue reminded me of the arctic.

Wild clouds

Pat picking some wild flowers for our couchsurfer host, Cassie in Fargo!!

Day#29 (Glacier II)

WHOOOA!!!

Pat sleds down the snowy slopes after a wonderful hike through glacier valley

Day#28 (Glacier National Park)

Day#26 (Spokane, Thanks Corrie!)
Day#27 (Missoula)

How did I not take a photo in Missoula???!!!! Pat and I stayed with my good friend Colin Post. I was so glad we got to meet up, really awesome to see him. We went biking around Missoula, cooked up veggie delight, learned that there's more to cooking an artichoke than "just adding heat" and took a hike up to the "L".

Glacier National Park...

Only proof that Pat and I actually went on this trip together.

Day#25 (Seattle)

G r o o v y City, Seattle! Photos from a day of exploration via bicycle.

Day#24 (Olympic National Park)

No photos for a couple days...
Day#22 (Ashland II)
Day#23 (Drive Oregan Coast)

Explored Hoh Rainforest and Sol Duc (where we camped) in Olympic NP. Another amazing place, trust the national parks.

One of the best sites we had. Had a delicious veggie medley and fire toasted bananas.

Day#21 (Redwoods II)

Pat and I took a great hike through the Dolason Meadow in Redwood National Park. We hit the trail early and as a result got to see some ominous fog. Apparently the land was once owned by the Dolasons; we ran into one of the remaining buildings along the trail.

A BARN!

That evening we drove to our friend Chris's spot in Ashland. What a guy!!