So I’ve been really bad about
keeping up with this. I always do
something then think, oh, I should blog about this. Then I don’t.
Instead I’ll just cram it all into one.
I went fishing for my own fish a
few weeks ago at Tumbledown Bay. Due to
poor planning on my part we only brought two sets of waders for three
people. This didn’t turn out to be a big
deal since you only need two people anyway.
My advisor (the one without waders) came up with a brilliant plan to trap
from the edge of the stream which resulted with him in the stream. After recovering from laughing my ass off, my
other assistant (the one with waders) found himself in a part of the stream
much deeper than he’d anticipated and his waders subsequently full of water. I was the only one left dry at the end of our
trip. Nonetheless both of them drove me
to a beach nearby where I got to see a few sea lions hanging out. Pretty effing cute. I didn’t want to scare them, so I didn’t get
any good pictures, but here’s a picture of the bay from above (kinda pretty):
We also did some very kiwi stuff
on the way back. I tried a feijoa
smoothie (better than it sounds), a meat pie (apparently a big staple food
found at just about every bakery/coffee shop), and got stopped by a herd of
sheep taking up the road (the best part):
Last weekend I was able to jump
on a last minute trip to Lake Tekapo. It’s
a really cute town in the central South island with an observatory on top of
one of the mountains. So many great
pictures…here’s the lake:
The famous dog statue:
One of my favorite parts, lots of
rock sculptures:
And a picture from one of the
telescopes at the observatory (it’s the moon):
I’ve also finished most of my
proposal, moved, and booked a trip back home to learn a new assay (and go to a
wedding). It’s been a crazy few months,
but I’m starting to feel more settled, and am ready to make some scientific
breakthroughs (or just regular science…either way).
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