Category Archives for off to see the world
Traveling and living at other places.
Rocky Mountain National Park (2): Deer Mountain
12/12/21 My first NIH grant!!! …… is from institute of aging 🙂 The closest visitor center to Estes Park is the fall river visitor center. Deer Mountain is the first trail coming up entering the visitor center. It does not … Continue reading
Rocky Mountain National Park (1): an overview
The best time to visit the Rockies is June and July. Some of the awesome summits are only hikable in July. For example, the one I am interested but has not yet opened this time is called Longs Peak. The … Continue reading
Badlands Series (3): Wildlife in Bandlands and Wind Cave
6/20/21 US-China travel is tough since pandemic. I am like an CIA and investigate along which route to meet my family (hmm). My mom said “oh, it is too far for you to pick us up from Chicago” “hey, babe, … Continue reading
Badlands Series (2): Camping in Badlands
6/13/21 post-covid life is awesome! Weekend: rock climbing and some other crazy stuff, Mon: Frisbee league, Tue: extreme bootcamp, Wed: oh sweet Wed, chilling!! Thur (play some more outside), Fri (play some more outside) … My face is alike charcoal, … Continue reading
Badlands Series (1) : Hiking in the Badlands National Park
5/23/21 shall we start the week with some music and rainbows?! 😀 Here is how Iowan people are desperate about the mountains and rocks: I pretty hiked all the trails in the Badland national park and yet on the first … Continue reading
Miró Museum
1/17/21 People have different ways to miss travels. I heard that the round tickets from the same airport are sold out very fast last year 🙂 I started playing a traveling board game, called Tokaido. You can do shopping, stay … Continue reading
The dreams created by Antoni Gaudí
11/22/33 Semester is over! Thanksgiving is coming! Vaccine is on the horizon! Ya li Ya li Ya li Ya! … Hilary Mantel (an English author) said that people like Princess Diana because of her human awkwardness and emotional incontinence. I … Continue reading
Picasso Museum
10/10/20 Early January, I sent a postcard from Vatican to a friend in China. Because of the pandemic, this card arrived in its destination on 5.27, and it is my friend’s birthday, yo 😀 The most exaggerate birthday of her … Continue reading
Cruising Mediterranean
7/18/20 Some of my friends bought drones lately. One of the usages is to explore hiking trails, I think that is brilliant!! I miss hiking so much, not the Iowa kind, but the “pee in the woods long days” kind … Continue reading
Beetlejuiceeeee
7/12/20 there is some front line atmosphere going on about the new semester: face masks, face shields, backup instructors for each course; younger teachers are talking about replacing older teachers for in-person classes … Cheers for all such ridiculous life! … Continue reading