Update

So here is my update since getting home from D.C. Work in the lab, hiking, dating, and seeing Star Trek. Thats it. I've been hiking multiple times with a co-worker, Anna (see below). I took two girls out. With Clarissa, we played catch, gotta love a girl who owns a baseball mitt, and went out for ice cream. With Sam, we went to dinner and then to Logan's little zoo, Willow Park. I saw Star Trek a few more times; I have now seen it three times! Oh ya!  I also biked 51.1 miles around Bear Lake.

Anna and I went hiking Saturday on the Crimson Trail. See pictures below.

Looking down Logan Canyon.

Anna.

Me.

An extention of 'The China Wall,' upon which is the Crimson Trail.

Washington DC

On Sunday I flew out to Washington DC to present my research, with 59 other undergraduates, for the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR). The purpose of this trip, and CUR, was to promote undergraduate research especially to those who bring most of the funds to basic research, the US congress. I went to DC with my research mentor Sean Johnson. We met with both Utah senators, Bennett and Hatch, and Utah Representative Jim Matheson. We only had two minutes, if that, with Senator Hatch, enough for a picture. We sat down, separately, with Senator Bennett and Representative Matheson, for about five minutes and discussed the importance that research plays in undergraduate work. All and all I believe it was a very good trip. I hope we were able to convey our message.

Sean Johnson, Representative Matheson and Me

Sean Johnson, Senator Hatch and Me

Sean Johnson, Senator Bennett and Me

I then went to spend time with Shane's (my brother) family. I plan to post anther message about that as soon as I get back to Utah. I'm posting this from Shane's home in Round Hill, VA.