I'm home!

So there. After staying at JC's hotel room in San Fran, Jess D's house in Saratoga, the Brody cabin in Lake Tahoe, rest areas along Interstate 80 (twice), Cheng's house in Columbus, OH, Wendy's apartment in Baltimore, I'm finally home... with my duffle, backpack, sleeping bag, groundpad, and of course, my trusty bike.

It was a weird feeling. I put off unpacking for a while, probably because I didn't want the proof that I've lived two months on these two bags to be disintegrated and gone forever. The world seemed to have moved on without me, yet some things never seemed to change. I now realize how simple my life was... each day was driven by one direction, one motion, and the pleasant company of friends who were doing the same and experiencing everything with me. There was so much time to converse and so much to contemplate. It is only in retrospect did I realize what a luxury it was.

Withdrawal? Hell yea.

Team Rocky!

check out the sock tans

We made it!!!!

first sign!

Yosemite, CA

Cedar City, UT

whoa. The past few weeks passed by so quickly and everything is a blur. It feels so weird... we'll be done in a couple of weeks and I think everyone is trying hard to deal with it. I don't want this to end, but I also find myself retreating into my personal bubble once in a while... simply because being with 23 other people 24/7 is so so tiring sometimes.

Got my hospital bill. Booooo. gtg work on the claim form now....

to do this afternoon:
laundry (by hand)
clean bike: got caught in a storm while going into Escalante. Sand all over. bad news.
journal entry

Bryce Canyon

team deuce!

what can i say. we love wacky pictures.

woohooo!! we made it to the top!!

I'll foward this to the BME department once I get back.

Trail Ridge Road (the highest highway in the US), Rocky Mountain National Park

I love Colorado

ok, so I only have 3 minutes left on the library computer so this is gonna be quick. The Rockies were awesome. We definitely worked hard for the view, but it was worth every minute of it. Pictures to follow later.

.... OR NOT

Oh yeah.

accidentally ended up on the interstate... while rolling into Kansas

after the century into St. Louis

i seem to have a "darn i missed another state line" streak.... this is actually my first one (and the coolest one by far)