Jan and Feb

I have no excuse for not posting...:)

I have been traveling quite extensively. In the past 5 weeks I've been to the University of Pittsburgh, Duke, and UC San Diego. I have been interviewing for different graduate programs. All these school have been quality institutions and it has been a blast to visit different cities around the United States. Duke has a lab (The Richardson Lab) that would be a perfect fit for the type of research that I would like to do. UC San Diego had a few labs that I wouldn't mind joining. However, despite what people say San Diego weather is horrible! 70 degrees and sunny all winter...give me a break. I want seasons!

This week I will be going back to North Carolina to interview at UNC and then next week I'll visit the University at Buffalo. It is an exciting time and we'll just have to wait to see where I end up.

I have to tell you about a walk that I took last Sunday. I knew that I wanted to go on a long walk, so I started at 1:30. I went to the mouth of Logan Canyon and climbed up to the Lake Bonneville Shoreline Trail. The trail was completely covered with snow, ranging between six to ten inches. This trail is smack against the mountain. I passed above a golf course. Intermingled between the mountain and the mountain I saw about thirty deer. They were in groups of three to five. I couldn't believe how concentrated all of the deer were. After I passed the course I continued on the trail until I got to Green Canyon. I then walked home through the neighborhoods of North Logan and also Logan. At got home at around 5. It was a walk intended to get ready for the hiking season. I'm hoping to get started hiking in March after all my interviews. Don't worry, I have an ice ax.

Hoping to post sooner than later,

Bradley