Recent Trips
Shelburne Falls
I went to this beautiful little town with my family while visiting my sister in Massachusetts. Along with the waterfall is the interesting Bridge of Flowers, which spans the Deerfield River and has a beautiful garden growing on top of it. Take a look at some of my other photographs of the town.
Buttermilk Falls
Not having a car when I first at Cornell, the only park I could get to by bus was Buttermilk Falls State Park, which is where I went on this day. Like all of the areas around Ithaca, it's a beautiful area.
Tumac Mountain
One of the other REU students was an avid hiker, and got two of us to go hiking with her up Tumac Moutains - in the Cascade mountains. Not the hardest hike, but very nice and beautiful scenery. The only problem was the large number of mosquitoes - more than I've ever seen before. In fact, it's possible to see them in some of my photographs. Still, we did survive to make it back down the mountain.
Sailing on the Columbia River
My first introduction to sailing was with one of my advisors at LIGO who owned a Cal 32. On two separate occasions he took the REU students, including myself, out onto the river for a night of sailing. It was fun and my love of sailing has stemmed from this time.
Niagara Falls
Just before my graduation, Lydia, my then girlfriend, and I spent a weekend in Niagara Falls. While we spent a lot of our time at wineries tasting good ice wines, we also spent some time wandering around beautiful Niagara Falls. These are some of the night photos of the falls when they are lit up.