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We finally made it to Wisconsin! Just about 4 hours to go.

Finally in Wisconsin

Approaching Minneapolis. We’ll turn east before heading north again.

Onward through Minneapolis!

Jodi and I swapped who is driving, since I took the morning and early afternoon shifts. She’ll close out our road trip today. We should arrive in Park Falls, WI around 8pm. It took forever on this drive, but we finally got far enough north to see snow!

Drive trade

Our little sibling at perigee is a stunning sight.

Perigee

Rayleigh scattering makes for an amazing sunset.

Sky of fire

As we cruise to our hotel for the evening, night had settled over Missouri.

Night falls

A sky flooded with birds. In this image they appear as holes in the sky.

Birds, like holes in the sky

Blue and steel cloud and tower

There was something hauntingly beautiful about this evening driving through Missouri. I think this photo captures that.

Blue and steel cloud and tower

We are both very tired, and will work for vacation. 🙂

Tired and willing to be on Vacation

Ok, well… to be specific we are basically in Joplin. We will be turning north soon. And, yes… those are them Duke Boys on the radio.

Somewhere in Missouri

Going North for the Winter

Jodi and I are departing today for our annual winter road trip from Texas to Wisconsin. We’re looking forward to spending time with family over the next 10 days. In the spirit of re-emerging into the world after a very busy year, I’m going to do my level best to […]

Going North for the Winter

I woke up a little late this morning. I wanted to be up at 4:30am. It was 4:40 when I realized the alarm I had set the night before was going off, and I pulled myself out of bed. Jodi was already up, working on her class prep for the […]

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics

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