Road trips, conference travel, national parks, and adventures — a running log of places I've been. View this on a map.
Vacation to see Okten, go to Cedar Point, and attend Colossalcon!
Okten invited me to the Sonic Temple rock music festival!
Attended the AI+ Expo on behalf of SRNL and the Genesis Mission
ConferenceWent to OK for Grandpa's funeral, and got to see Luke for the first time since his deployment
Attended the Genesis Mission Modcon All-Hands Hackathon
ConferenceTrip for WM2026 and Okten's birthday
Trip to see Okten with Mom and Dad
Trip with Mom and Dad during their visit
Picked up the whole crew for Christmas in Iowa, then back to Columbus for New Year's
Visiting Okten for Christmas
Knoxville for Halloween and visiting
New England loop through the White Mountains
Surprised Sean for his 33rd Birthday
Attended the PSE/IDAES Workshop and the Pittsburgh Renaissance Fair
ConferenceEmo-themed karaoke party with friends
Went to Grandma's funeral
Combination trip to see family in Iowa and friends in Ohio
A once-in-a-lifetime concert in Detroit
Broadway and Disney themed karaoke party with friends
Day trips while Dad visited for about a month
Quick goodbye, a sleepover stop, then on to Teddy's bachelor party
Birthday celebration at an A-frame cabin in the Kentucky wilderness
Bryce and Morgan's wedding at a farm-style chapel
Picked up the whole crew for Christmas in Iowa, then back to Columbus for New Year's
Hiking the Aiken area trails
Cold camping in the autumn leaves
Vanessa and Joey's wedding
Visited Luke before he completed officer training
Combination trip — helped with a new car, then celebrated Mom's birthday
Vanessa's bachelorette party
The whole family plus girlfriends celebrating birthdays together
A visit and local exploring
Zoo visit and first convention experience
Concert and sushi
Downtown exploration
Cabin camping at a KOA campground
Japanese market and hot pot
Family visit in Reno, then a road trip through Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Pasadena
First visit to Columbus
Home for Thanksgiving
Mario-themed Halloween with Bart, Lindsay, and Abby
Jason Isbell concert with Marcus
The final Colorado trip
Officiated Alex's wedding
Six Flags near Atlanta
Visited Red Rocks
A multi-state road trip through the Midwest and Mountain West
Moving in to South Carolina
Birthday visit with Luke and a trip to Adventureland
Father's Day in Decorah
Solo hiking trip
National park circuit with family
Attended the TMS annual meeting
ConferenceBirthday weekend trip
Met up with Joel and Kevin in Boston
Thanksgiving with family and Grandpa
Attended the MS&T annual meeting
ConferenceRoad trip to see Crazy Horse and Mount Rushmore
CMI conference in Ames and family visit
ConferenceAll-group meeting for the AMO Thermomagnetic project
ConferenceDowntown Knoxville exploring
Attended the RERC29 conference
ConferenceCamping and an attempt to climb Mt. Evans with the Zadrozny group
Wedding and a visit to the NASA compound
Luke got married!
Birthday visit to Colorado
Family Christmas and New Year's road trip through Texas
Sightseeing in Denver
Parents met the family for the first time; Halloween in the Smokies
Garden of the Gods and more with family
Great Smoky Mountains hike with the postdocs
Mom's birthday
Visiting and possibly a trip to Fairplay
Monterey Bay Aquarium visit
Little Grand Canyon, GA visit with Luke and Okten!
Single crystal experiment for YiXu at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ResearchGame of Thrones orchestra with friends
Attended the American Chemical Society national meeting
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