Category Archives: Travel

Day 246: En route

Posted on 03Sep2011 by

Some teammates and I left early this morning for a tournament in Waukegan, IL. The sun was rising as we drove north and we passed a wind farm under construction:

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Day 231: Momma and Airport

Posted on 19Aug2011 by

Sadly, I had to head home from Nantucket today.  My dad snapped this photo of my mom and me before I left. On my travels home, I had 3 hour layover at JFK.  Followed by sitting on JFK’s runway for … Continue reading →

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Day 230: Nantucket Swans

Posted on 18Aug2011 by

There were a ton of swans on Hummock Pond this year.

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Day 229: Fetch addict

Posted on 17Aug2011 by

My Godparents and their dog are also on Nantucket. Maddie *really* likes to fetch.

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Day 228: Nantucket sunset

Posted on 16Aug2011 by

It was raining this evening and we weren’t sure if there was going to be a nice sunset. It seemed unlikely when we returned home from dinner to very cloudy skies. Luckily, the clouds started breaking as the sun was … Continue reading →

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Day 227: Nantucket Sky

Posted on 15Aug2011 by

Nantucket is famous (at least in our family) for its awesome skies.  We call them “Illya Skies” after our favorite artist, Illya Kagan.

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Day 226: Travel

Posted on 14Aug2011 by

Took this photo in the Seattle airport as I headed from Seattle->JFK->Nantucket!

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Day 225: Seattle Day 2

Posted on 13Aug2011 by

Today we went to Pike’s Place Market for some touristy excitement. I love the gorgeous flowers there and the weather could not have been better for hanging out with friends!

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Day 224: Salumi!

Posted on 12Aug2011 by

During my first day in Seattle hanging out with the Superfriends we went to Salumi Artisan Cured Meats for lunch. It is a very popular little spot with delicious cured meats. We waiting in line for an hour for our … Continue reading →

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Day 223: Wing in sunset

Posted on 11Aug2011 by

Today I flew from Bloomington to Minneapolis to Seattle.  The sun was setting as we flew over Montana-ish.

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Day 214: Young Lincoln

Posted on 02Aug2011 by

Today we went to the Lincoln Museum in Springfield, IL. They have some great (wax??) sculptures of Lincoln and others throughout the museum.  Here is one of a teenaged Lincoln:

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Day 208: Happy birthday!

Posted on 27Jul2011 by

To my dad! Except I forgot to take a photo to celebrate. Oy. Enjoy this photo of Dad from Brown County, IN (which, by the way, my mom took…):

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Day 193: Poster presentation

Posted on 12Jul2011 by

I gave a poster at the AEESP conference on some of my research. My friend Dao took this photo of me with my poster:

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Day 192: Florida Aquarium

Posted on 11Jul2011 by

Another conference adventure took us to the Florida Aquarium in Tampa (yes, we did do actual work at this conference… they were just very good about having social events scheduled for us after 5!)

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Day 191: Clearwater sunset

Posted on 10Jul2011 by

As part of the conference, we headed to Clearwater beach for a sunset dinner.  So pretty:

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Day 185: Lots of images to share

Posted on 04Jul2011 by

First, my sister got a ringer: Then, there was this really cool, old tractor on the vacation house property: And then, we got to see the rescheduled fireworks! As a human, I love fireworks: As an air quality engineer… not … Continue reading →

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Day 184: Fireworks foiled

Posted on 03Jul2011 by

These storm clouds started rolling in about 30 minutes before the fireworks in Nashville, IN were set to go off– we hightailed it out of there before the storm came, though.

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Day 183: Moth

Posted on 02Jul2011 by

My mom actually took this photo, but since I have a very similar one from my phone (and therefore, lower quality), I stole her’s for the blog.  We saw this moth on our way in to dinner at the Story … Continue reading →

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Day 182: 2nd Day in Indiana

Posted on 01Jul2011 by

As a gift for my mom, I brought some flowers from my garden to our vacation in Brown County, Indiana.  She supplemented the bouquet with some wildflowers from the property (the little yellow ones): We also went on a hike … Continue reading →

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Day 181: Indiana vacation house

Posted on 30Jun2011 by

Our cute vacation house in Indiana:

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