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Exploring

The past week, my parents were in town visiting and we spent the week exploring and showing them our favorite places in the area. We’d usually leave fairly early in the morning and get back kinda late, always exhausted. As a result, I haven’t been able to post some detailed updates on the awesome places that we’ve been. I’ll try to summarize the week here.

WWII era bomberSaturday, July 23: Picked my parents up from the Lewiston airport. Turns out, there was some kind of airplane festival going on so we decided to [read more...]

Kamiak Butte

The Palouse, originally uploaded by Matthew Singer.

The Palouse is made up of rolling hills covered in wheat and barley fields. This area was historically a prairie, so there were few trees to begin with. A few of these hills rise up well above the rest, remnants of a time when the region was more active volcanically.

Kamiak Butte is one such high point, located less than 10 miles north of Pullman. The north slope is covered by a lush and beautiful forest, protected as a county park for [read more...]

Moscow’s Music Scene

I’ve been neglecting my duty to write here and update with my good fun. In part, I’ve been waiting for a nice epic hike or adventure to write about, but lately, either the weather has been crapping out on me, or I find myself busy with other priorities. So what have I been up to? In the lab, I’ve been breeding fish for the past five weeks. In classes, I’ve been worrying about exams and papers. And outside of school, I’ve gotten a chance to get out and enjoy some of the cultural scene around Moscow.

The town, for its size, still has plenty to do after hours. On [read more...]