Today was mostly relaxed. We went to the university and dealt with a lot of e-mail and such things. On the one hand, it was good to catch up on everything, on the other hand, it wasn't all good news. (No one worry yet, just saying. Could have had more uplifting news.) But overall it was good, not a whole lot of work. After that we went to the grocery store, picked up a few more things for our last few days, and stopped at the post office as well. Came back to the cabin, sat, read, so on and so forth. Dinner was a fantastic vegetarian lasagna, carrots, and salad, though I passed on the salad this time. Dessert was a chocolate lava cake, also amazing and delicious. Not long after dinner Clay suggested a night hike, more of us went out than not. We headed towards the road at first and then to a place they called the Grotto, though not a huge grotto by any means. Chilled there, John called Bozz which amused me, talked for a bit, then headed back. It was good to finally hike the trails around the cabin, which I've more or less missed out on so far.

That's about it for today. Nothing terribly exciting to report. Tomorrow is a free morning and class in the afternoon, Wednesday we go to NOAA and see the muskeg, and Thursday we leave for Maui (though I suspect no one will see this posted until after we arrive there.)

Monday, January 11th, roughly 9:50 PM local time