NM: Beinvenidos a Espanola, NM!

April 22 - July 16, 2009

Photos of the apartment in Santa Fe, NM. I lived about 30 miles from where I worked. My cozy bed.
The lovely living room with red wall.

The bathroom.

The kitchen view from the dining room.

The living room with a kitty peaking out the window onto the deck.

The housing keeps getting better each place I go!

OR: Road Trip Salt Lake city, UT

August 11, 2009

On the road trip to OR, we stopped in Salt Lake city for the night. Picture of the great salt lake.

View from the other side of the Great salt lake.

Me walking out of the great salt lake.

Me floating in two feet of water with hands and feet out of the water.

Picture of the mountains during our hike just outside of Salt Lake city.

Salt Lake city was absolutely gorgeous. We drove by the famous mormon temple and other structures, but of course could not go in them.

OR: Road Trip Arches Natl Park in Moab UT

August 10, 2009

On our road trip to OR, we stopped in Moab UT for the evening in order to hike at Arches National Park in the morning. There are over 2,000 cataloged arches in the park. To be considered an arch, the opening has to be at least 3 feet in any direction. This is the famous double arch. Mary and I outside of the arches.

Erosion from wind and rain.

Driving into the national park.

Entrance.

Mary and I on the viewpoint of fiery furnace.

Fiery furnace.

Delicate arch.

Double arch on our hike to it.

Looking through the arch. You can faintly see the moon!

Moab and Arches National Park was unbelievable. You could spend days visiting all of the arches and hiking around the area.

OR: Portland Century Bike Ride

August 16, 2009

I rode in the Portland century bike ride with Mary the first weekend in Oregon. We chose to ride the 50 mile flat course.

The ice sculpture:
Mary and I in downtown Portland.

After the first rest stop with our bikes.

House boats on the Columbia River.

Johnson creek watershed.

We finished the 53 miles in just over 4 hours. The ride was very frustrating as it went along a trail and along the roads of Portland. It was very difficult to pass other riders secondary to the narrow bike lanes. The other riders in general seemed very inexperienced and not very safe. Mary had her first accident secondary to other idiots on the road. The best part of the ride was the amazing food afterwards on Portland State University campus.