5/23: I don't know where SPRING went, but it's 2 weeks until SUMMER!

I really don't know how that happened.

This has been an awesome, challenging, data-filled quarter of teaching, and one of my favorite yet. The last 8 weeks have flown by, and Spring with it. So we find ourselves sitting anxiously on the brink of another summer in the mountains. 

What have we been up to? Mostly school. Teaching. Grading. Learning all kinds of amazing things in R. But in the other times...

Backcountry wandering near Sisquoc with Greg.
Wildflowers all over! Some water! It's hot!

Paradise Road is perfect as usual.
It feels like summer in this picture and on the road.

Fossils and sprained ankles on all kinds of cross-country adventures.

Scrambling up sandstone canyons to find the EXACT starting points of
beautiful springs.
Really. This is where it starts, coming straight out of the rock.

Getting a little higher up in the backcountry. 

Alabama Hills vacation weekend with Mattie, Greg and Milo.

East side and Whitney looming.

There's a herd of elk in this picture. Owens River oasis
and the White Mountains.

Sometimes you just can't help it.

Love in the Alabama Hills.

Of course too many meals at the Pizza Factory.
Reminded of the glorious end of every backpacking trip ever.

It's mostly like this.

So plenty of adventuring, and in just two more weeks, we're back on the road for SUMMER 2015!!!

We'll be posting more once work is done, so check back soon for our updates from the east side.

Love,

Allison & Mattie the 395-Bound DOG