Well, it looks like I have some splainin' to do. Yes, it has been a long
time since I wrote on this blog. But I feel that if I don't finish this
blog, I cannot start writing my next one about going to Israel. So
here is my attempt to tie up the loose ends I have left to rust on the
internet.
The
moment I stopped writing my blog because I thought it was getting
boring, things turned around. I did all sorts of cool things. I went
to YellowStone with my parents. I learned that dancing was a hidden
talent and a great passion of mine. I met some amazing and wonderful
people. I volunteered at the food pantry. I hiked quite a bit more.
I even played D&D twice! There is so much, but so little I can recall in proper order or detail.
If only I had just kept up the blog ...
But in my defense, I was spending hours every night writing, and I replaced that with actual activities (mostly dancing). But just look at all these pictures. I had so much fun, I can't even describe it all. I haven't even put all the pictures that I took - this is a VERY small collection and it doesn't include a lot of events. You can see just how much fun I had.
What is not so well documented is the time I spent at office. I still continues to program and discuss and learn and grow. Doing the work and being with Katie every day was itself a lot of fun and rewarding. I was so lucky and happy to choose a topic that had to do with graphs and algorithms. We are hopeful it will be worth publishing :-)
All
in all, it was a fantastic experience - one of the happiest and
memorable summers of my life. I would recommend anyone that has the
opportunity to do it, especially in a beautiful place like Bozeman! It was a fantastic journey.
To end, here is a series of pictures (with descriptions) of some of the things I did while at the REU.
The day after I stopped Blogging, we went to palisade falls. It was a very easy hike up to the falls (maybe a mile of very small slope)
Followed by a short hike:
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| This rock was covered in all sorts of engravings - some of them very old. |
Here's another group hike to Lava Lake (despite it's name, it was very cold!):
And my family visit to YellowStone (my dad had to go to hospital at the end because of a kidney stone).
Some other random pictures:
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| Fire in the dump! |
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| View of of the tallest peaks in Montana, we ended up hiking it. 6hours up, 4 hours down. |
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| Funniest Organizational Chart ever! |
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The following three were taken at different Montana Shakespear in the parks events:
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| Hamet |
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| Twelfth Night |
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| Twelfth Night |
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| Portal cake at Coldstone |
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| There was once a railroad that went from Bozeman to Milwaukee to Chicago. |
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| Cannot recall where I took this. |
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| Dance Festival! |
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| Star Gazing |
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| All night stall gazing can make one look strange ... |
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| I am no exception to that rule :-P |
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| Best dancing event I've ever been to. I had so many great dances. Oh, and we ganged up on Taha. |
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| Photo Fun! |
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| Antique Store |
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| Armed and dangerous! |
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| Every Thursday there was Music on Main downtown |
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| Also at Music on Main |
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| Yes, I ate the sun :-) |
