redwoods etc.

Hello!! It's been a while...

I WENT TO THE REDWOODS last weekend with the bird crew AND IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL, AND THE TREES WERE SO BIG AND OLD, AND THE OCEAN WAS REALLY REALLY COLD. Here are some photos:

Me and the "Big Tree"

Lunch on the beach
April and tin foil dessert, YUMYUMYUMMMMMYYYY
Do you see me???
April saying hello to the big tree

It was a marvelous trip, and I can't wait for some more adventures!!

The Andrews filled up on Sunday. The first floor of my building is full, and my apartment has 2 free beds at the moment. A big change from when I was 1 of 6 people here...There are two guys in my apartment from University of Richmond, so it's nice to have two people my age to converse with.

On Monday, I went to the Pizza Research Institute in Eugene. It was some nice therapy after a terrible Travel Clinic doctor stuck me with a Yellow Fever vaccine. Also, grocery shopping is like therapy for me...gotta be careful.

Today, I started my second round of data collection! I saw a few bugs here and there, but the highlight of my day was seeing this beauty at PC1:

A Pacific Tree Frog, three cheers!!!!!!!!!

And I had a camera!! It was some sort of miracle!!

Ari neglected to tell us that her birthday was last week, so Cristiana, Jessica (new arrival, but old friend), and I have been baking up a storm. I made some cookies (same as I made before, here's the recipe). Cristiana is making her famous pie. And Jessica is making (drum roll please) a (vegan) avocado chocolate cake. Here's that recipe, you know you want to make it.