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Sunday, May 13, 2012

time for another transition.

holy moly! it's been a while since i've written here. let me try to sum things up...

contra dancing: i went to two weekend festivals - one in pasadena and one at mt. baldy. i enjoyed seeing friends i met last year and getting to know them better. here's the group! fun times.

parents: my parents came to visit for my spring break. we went on a bunch of fun adventures...sunset in big bear, huntington library and botanical gardens in pasadena, joshua tree national park, and hiking around camp.
mt. baldy contra dancing folks!
big bear sunset.
ocotillo in bloom at joshua tree national park.
dead ironwood at joshua tree national park.
catalina island: right after i dropped my parents off at LAX i headed out with some work buddies to catalina island. emily, shannon and i enjoyed 2 lovely days of sun, sand and adventures. we explored town, had a spa day and even went parasailing!

around town! we loved happy hour margaritas.
harbor and old casino at catalina.
catalina island snack time!
pier at catalina.
palm trees along the beach!
beachy beach.
not too shabby of a view.
being sneaky.
bison!
parasailing.
up in the air!

being an LA tourist: at the end of april, my friend, jordan, came to visit from michigan. he made the trip really fun by doing all of the planning himself. he came with a whole list of things to do and i just filled in the cracks of where we could eat and how to get there. highlights included visiting the LAX flightpath museum (crazy folks work there...) where i learned all about the history of flight in southern california, watching a puffin launch a stream of poo into the water, fighting with all of the small children at the aquarium of the pacific to pet the sharks, serendipitously running into some fellow high trails folks out to dinner in town, taking the aerial tramway up to mt. san jacinto state park (very cool!!), doing the quick and dirty drive-through of joshua tree national park, and having front and center seats for the tonight show with jay leno.
a blue heron!
sea lions on the harbor tour in long beach.

it was int'l children's day at the aquarium.
that meant madness and lots of small children. everywhere.


at the top of the tram.
chollah garden in bloom at j tree.
chollah blossoms!
at the nbc headquarters for the taping!

life now: i'm 2 weeks shy of finishing the season at high trails. along with making sure all the food is eaten in the kitchen, i'm getting ready to move up to the bay area to be the kitchen manager of the hidden villa summer camp. i'm working with 2 other high trails folks in the kitchen who also happen to be the two new cooks at high trails in the fall. i'm trying not to be stressed with all of the transition time, so i decided to get away for the weekend and spend time at my friend karis' in ventura.

i'll write more about my thoughts of the school year at high trails but wanted to get this out with some updated photos. enjoy!