2011, a thursday
Yoga, went to campus to meet with a planetary prof about a research job. I met with him and a postdoc, and I got the job! Huzzah! I am a paid research assistant! Intended to watch ‘Sneakers’ to decompress, then read the Mars book I was given, but ended up taking a three hour nap. Spent hours trying to figure out the solution to Jason Shiga’s ‘Knock Knock’. Kept going over and over it until I literally fell asleep on the book.
2010, a wednesday
breakfast at camp, then drove to redwood national park. picked up some maps and guidebooks at the visitors’ center, then hiked a few hours through old-growth redwood forests. saw HUGE trees. tried to get a view from a coastal overlook, but there was too much fog.
did a trail through the woods behind another campground – saw tree stumps way bigger than any live trees we’d seen, dried river beds, and a big snake. went back to patrick’s point and hiked down this long, steep coastal trail/staircase to the shore and explored the tide pools. saw lots of purple-colored black turban snails, ribbed limpets, closed-up aggregated anemones, a few brooding anemone, lots of algae and kelp, sea sacks and sea lettuce, and tiny fish and crabs. saw some dinosaur-foot-looking goose barnacles and a couple bright purple and orange ochre stars too! explored the shore for awhile longer, then went back to camp to make dinner (fajitas!) and s’mores and rest our legs.