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After a successful night of amphipod hunting at Coos Bay, the Umpqua River, and the Siuslaw River, I headed north along the coast. I posed these amphipods (chilled in ice water, for better cooperation) with a slide rule that I won in a sixth-grade math contest. After much manipulation, this became the banner photo for my online Handbook of Biological Statistics.

The morning of the inauguration, I put my folding bike in the trunk of the car and drove on back roads to Kensington, MD, just outside the DC beltway (near the Mormon temple). I rode my bike on the bike path through Rock Creek Park. It was about 20 degrees out.

There were lots and lots of sea urchins.

On Saturday night, we took the ferry across Puget Sound to Fort Worden State Park, just north of Port Townsend, to collect amphipods. I collected amphipods at this spot in 1983 for my master's thesis, and I wanted to see if gene frequencies have changed since then due to global warming. We collected the amphipods by putting plastic cups in the sand with a little water in them; at night, the amphipods come out, hop around in search of food, and fall into the cups. This is Rhoda and I putting the cups in the sand.

After we came down from the Knife Edge, we thought we had a relatively flat ride into Escalante.

The hoodoos form when a cap of hard rock prevents the softer rock directly underneath it from eroding.

We stopped partway up the hill and looked back towards Capitol Reef.

We went uphill the entire day, very gently at first, then steeper towards the end. This is looking back down a hill.

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Desert Trip 2009 : A bicycle trip in summer 2009 through Oregon, Nevada, and Utah.

Desert Trip 2009

A bicycle trip in summer 2009 through Oregon, Nevada, and Utah.

Updated: Jul 05, 2009 8:58pm PST

Oregon and Washington 2009 : In late March-early April, 2009, Bev and I went to Oregon and Washington. We collected amphipods and saw the sights.

Oregon and Washington 2009

In late March-early April, 2009, Bev and I went to Oregon and Washingt ...

Updated: May 03, 2009 7:24am PST

Inauguration : I went to the inauguration.

I went to the inauguration.

Updated: Jan 21, 2009 3:39pm PST

Yellowstone 2008 : A bicycle trip from Bozeman to Billings via Yellowstone and the Beartooth Highway, then to Sheridan, Wyoming via the Medicine Wheel highway.

Yellowstone 2008

A bicycle trip from Bozeman to Billings via Yellowstone and the Bearto ...

Updated: Aug 09, 2008 10:21am PST

Outer Banks, June 2008 :

Outer Banks, June 2008

Updated: Jun 23, 2008 12:48pm PST

Flora at the Ottobar, January 2008 : Flora plays at the Ottobar.

Flora at the Ottobar, January 2008

Flora plays at the Ottobar.

Updated: Jun 09, 2008 10:28am PST

Washington and Oregon, spring 2008 : Bev and I go amphipod hunting.

Washington and Oregon, spring 2008

Bev and I go amphipod hunting.

Updated: Jun 09, 2008 7:24am PST

Blue Ridge Parkway/Skyline Drive bicycle trip : A bicycle trip from Hendersonville, NC to Baltimore, MD.

Blue Ridge Parkway/Skyline Drive bicycle trip

A bicycle trip from Hendersonville, NC to Baltimore, MD.

Updated: Aug 14, 2007 2:34pm PST

Yellowstone : Bev, Flora and I go to Yellowstone, May 2007.

Bev, Flora and I go to Yellowstone, May 2007.

Updated: Jun 25, 2007 10:50am PST

Metal Hearts, Talking Head, Nov. 7 2006 :

Metal Hearts, Talking Head, Nov. 7 2006

Updated: Nov 08, 2006 11:20am PST

Biking across Utah : A bicycle trip across southern Utah.

Biking across Utah

A bicycle trip across southern Utah.

Updated: Sep 10, 2006 9:19pm PST

Howard McDonald's 80th birthday celebration, July 2006 :

Howard McDonald's 80th birthday celebration, July 2006

Updated: Aug 09, 2006 6:07pm PST

Indianapolis :

Updated: Aug 07, 2006 6:19pm PST

Metal Hearts at the Ottobar :

Metal Hearts at the Ottobar

Updated: Jul 26, 2006 5:56pm PST

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