Well, lots of excitement over the past few weeks! The half-way point in the semester came and went, and spring break was a blast. Oh, and I decided where I'm going to attend grad school!
After much deliberation, with a tough decision to be made between McGill University and the University of Wyoming, I decided to attend McGill for my graduate studies in meteorology. I'm very excited about the prospect of living in Montreal in the coming years, and come visit (once I've moved in of course!). Also, I was accepted to work on the VORTEX2 project, which means I'll be chasing tornadoes for the first half of the summer!
So, that was the big academic/research news...now on to the fun stuff: Spring Break! Six of my friends and myself went to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon last week for spring break, and it was a blast. We stayed a block of the strip, and explored it throughout the week. A favorite of all of ours was the Bellagio fountains, which were attended almost every night. A few other highlights from our time on the strip:
- Sunday night shows/dinner and The Palms Ghostbar (50 floors above the strip!)
- Crazy buffets
- The ups and downs of gambling (not me though of course)
- Stretch Hummer Taxi ride
- Stratosphere Rides
- Super-fancy dinner at the Venetian
- Wild car ride through the desert
The other big highlight of the trip was of course our trip to the Hoover Dam and Grand Canyon. It was a two-day adventure, with a good bit of driving in between. We left Tuesday morning and visited the Dam on our way out, and managed to find Penn Staters driving across as we visited. After a good 'We are...Penn State', we continued on our way to the Canyon. We had gorgeous weather while out there, with clear skies and 'somewhat' warm temperatures. Sunset was great, and later that night the canyon was illuminated by a full moon (very cool!). The next morning, we watched a brilliant sunrise, and then proceeded on a 13 mile hike roughly half-way down the canyon. The hike was rigorous but great, and everyone had a blast doing it.
It was a bit of a shock returning back to Vegas and then back home after such a fantastic adventure, but it certainly made for some of my best memories of my college experience! Check out the rest of my pictures here.
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