This last weekend a couple of friends and myself went on a nice 30 mile paddle down the Big Hole river in western Montana, just south of Butte. We put in at Brown's Bridge and just rode down the wide bloated Big Hole to the High Road fishing access by Twin Bridges. The weather was beautiful, which was a good change from the weather in Bozeman which seems to have trapped small pockets of winter every week or so that come and dump down onto the Gallatin Valley. If you are into birds, this place is amazing. We saw at least [View Full Entry]

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I had the most amazing week. First and foremost, I used my passport for the first time ever! Pretty spectacular. I had a job interview at the the Island School for the whole week of April 13th to April 19th and it was a very positive experience and I am pretty sure there is no other secondary education institute quite like it (if anyone thinks that there is please let me know). The Location and Getting There The school is located on the lower part of Eleuthera about five miles south of the settlement Deep Creek (Google Earth will show you [View Full Entry]

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Now compared to my last years spring break (see the following entries here, here, here, and [url=http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Grand-Canyon-National-Park/blog-163731.html]here). This one was fairly mild in terms of mileage, but not in terms of excitement. Before we embark on this tale of mischief, debauchery, prophecy, and danger I would like to say it wasn't quite the same without my travel companion Mr. Andy Bouwman and that I know I gave the grand canyon a bad rap last year, but Michael Sulock has really gave it a good shake and shown why the canyon really is grand! So let's begin. Friday March 7th, I finished [View Full Entry]

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One thing that the west has that the east seems to be lacking is these remote mountain forest service cabins you can rent for yourself for a night or two at the cheap cheap price of thirty five dollars a night. I know some of you will argue that the AMC huts fill that purpose, but the NFS cabins are a bit different. For one, they are not manned by anyone and are owned in the public domain, not by an organization (AMC is the Appalachian Money, I mean Mountain Club). Most of these cabins were built in the 1930's by [View Full Entry]

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My friend Michael Sulock and I took a weekend trip out to Seattle to see the sites and go to my friend Mike Daisey's show Monopoly at the Capital Hills Arts Center. This blog entry is more a review of the Hostel we stayed at then a synopsis of events of that weekend, which were a blast at Pike's Market and the Aquarium and the theater. The Green Tortoise Hostel is located on Pike Street between first and second avenue. It's location is optimum for anyone who wants to be near the water and the market as it is a two [View Full Entry]

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It is official. I have passed my Master's Comprehensive Exams and can now be called Master Luke. I took my Topology exam on Monday and my Probability/Mathematical Statistics and Dynamical Systems exams on Friday. I found out today I passed all three! Now all I have to do is finish up some course work and call it good. Many thanks to all the good wishes I received. Now I'm off to Seattle for the weekend to see my friend Mike's monologue "Monopoly" and check out the Seattle Aquarium and the Seattle Underground Tour and some other sites. [View Full Entry]

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It started with a mistake. A simple mistake. I had been calling around town looking for a barber shop that still did the old time straight razor shave and I was so excited when I found one that I neglected to ask if they take walk ins. Come to find out Tonsorial Parlor shop in Bozeman is an appointment only establishment. So after getting over my disappointment I decided to shave myself (like I usually do), but really go above and beyond the call of duty in preparation for my Comprehensive Exams next week. After being inspired by my friend, Emile, [View Full Entry]

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It started with breakfast, a big breakfast. It is what they call in Montana, a feed. Call up a dozen or so friends and invite them over to a meal provided by yourself. Michael Sulock and Kezia Manlove came over around 9:30am that morning and helped me start the prep. On the menu was Sturdiwheat Pancakes (owned by a former students mother), 28 eggs, 2 lbs of bacon, a ton of hash browns, a large fruit dish, and some homemade cinnamon buns (thanks to Kelly and Elizabeth, thanks a bunch guys)! People showed up at 11 and the feast began. I [View Full Entry]

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Once again I was not able to make it home for Thanksgiving. So I had my friend Valerie Suffron come out to enjoy the holidays with me. It was a great time filled with Vegan foods (It tasted pretty good for not having any animals in it)! On Thanksgiving, Brett Townsend and I carried on the tradition of hosting a Thanksgiving Dinner for those who don't have any family around or couldn't make it home for the holidays (which I hope continues on next year, Michael Sulock, I'm talking to you)! With two ovens, a beer pong table, and a bunch [View Full Entry]

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I figured you all would like to see what I was for Halloween, well here it is! [View Full Entry]

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