Author: Erica | September 11th, 2009 Following the Greatest of Unions celebration, we joined forces with our friends Katya, Peter, Romi and Nika (here after referred to as KaPeRoNi) to venture out into the volcanic magnificence of central Oregon.
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Lava Lands at Newberry National Volcanic Monument
Apparently the middle of Oregon is one big volcano just waiting to explode […]
Author: Erica | August 28th, 2009 I’ve driven through the Columbia River Gorge more times than I can remember (going to Reed or returning home to Montana), but I’ve never had much occasion to stop. Luckily, on this trip, we had a reason to linger. Our Reed psychology professor (and Sean’s thesis advisor), Dell, lives with her husband Will in White […]
Author: Erica | August 17th, 2009 PICKS: Luczak Lab at Canadian Centre for Behavioral Neuroscience, Lethbridge, AB
Far away, in the central Albertan plains of Lethbridge, there is a neuroscience revolution happening. The University of Lethbridge is collecting a cadre of hardworking neuroscientists to take over the world (or maybe just publish a bunch of papers), among them is our friend […]
Author: Erica | July 1st, 2009 PICKS: Star Valley Ranch RV Resort
Out in the middle of nowhere in eastern Wyoming, there is what I believe may be one of the largest RV parks in existence. We happened upon it because Trudy, our GPS, told us about it. We were planning just on stopping for a shower before continuing on to […]
Author: Erica | June 10th, 2009 Don’t let the scant information available on the Park Service website fool you, the North Rim is incredible and has plenty of things to keep you occupied. Plus, the majority of people going to the Grand Canyon seem to head over to the south side (est. 90% according to National Geographic Scenic Highways & Byways), […]
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