Back in the Boat

Hey Everybody,

I'm back in Steamboat and it's pretty much glorious! It's warm and sunny, and we've been skiing and playing and having fun. We checked out the river festival last weekend, which was pretty cool, and the snow up high has help up well. I can't wait to get in some fishing and paddling... Get in touch with me if you're around.

(207) 227-3843

Love and Adventures,

Toast

It's a Sprang Thang

Hey,

It's been a much busier spring than I expected. I've been all over the place, and it's been fun, but less restful than I had planned.

Since my visit to Tay, I have visited Colby and Oregon, and I'll be headed to Steamboat for a few weeks soon (By the way, you should tell me soon if you'll be in CO while I'm there!!!)

Colby was an interesting experience. It was really fun to see everybody, and there was some good partying (glad to see Mr. Goldring), but it was weird to not be a part of it all anymore. I felt out-of-the-loop in a way I hadn't expected. I guess that's what happens when you're not around anymore. I am sad that I won't be able to be there for graduation, but I'm being paid to go play in the remaining snow in Ski Town USA (I don't need your pity).

Oregon was a good trip. I visited a lot of family (including Mama and Papa Toast, who made the trip out too). I was on the University of Oregon campus for a few days, which was fun, but I'm really glad that I went to Colby instead of there. I couldn't have made it in that place. I also got to go to the beach, which is always nice. I downed a few dark and stormies, which brought back some good memories of Taylor's house after graduation. That drink holds a special place in my heart. I also completed a couple great missions.

1. swimming in two oceans in one week (Atlantic in Portland, ME and Pacific in Newport, OR). Both oceans were absurdly cold, but the Pacific was definitely a few degrees colder. 

2. I flew from Portland, ME to Portland, OR, which I'm sure Val has done a few times, but I thought it was cool.

For now I'm back in MadTown trying to catch up on work, which reminds me, I'm typing on a new computer!! MWSC bought me a new MacBook, and it arrived the day I got back from Oregon. It's really really great and a huge upgrade from the dinosaur I had been toting around since I graduated from high school. I'm almost done transfering all my old files, but I am really struggling with making all my contacts from Outlook go onto the new computer. I have over 1300, so it's kind of a big issue... advice welcome.

I went on my first bike ride of the year today, which was a nice change of pace. I'd been doing a ton or running lately. I also visited Grand Falls, NB with Nick Kline over the weekend, which was amazing. It wasn't quite Niagra Falls, but it awed us both. I wish I had taken pictures because it's really tough to find any online. Maybe next time.

Love and Adventures (I guess I've had a lot lately),

Toast

Springtime in New Haven

Hello All,
I do believe that I promised this awhile ago and I now I have some procrastination time. Anyways, everything is going very well here New Haven, I never realized that the majority of the trees that line the streets around me flower in the spring, so it has been a nice place to enjoy the change of seasons. Work makes the days fly by and I am really enjoying everything about it, preparing for a long time in the field this summer: 26June-23July in Australia and late July-late August in Wyoming. The rest of the time I will be either in New Haven working in the lab or in Nantucket reading papers and being with Beccah.

Otherwise, things have been fairly busy and exciting. Toast came to visit, which was really fun 'cause that meant that I got to walk around campus and hang out with Toast for a while on a bright sunny day. I also have some plans to go up to Colby graduation. Charlie and Beth, I hope, are going up and I thought I might hitch a ride with them. Anybody else got plans?

I hope you all have some time to swing by and hang out at some point, I truly know where the best pizza is now, it really would be worth your whiles. Maybe I should have a party sometime in June. I'll keep you all posted.
-Taylor