Oh no!  It seems that somehow nearly two months have sped by me in blur, and now I’m back home!  My trip was absolutely amazing.  I did not have a single bad day, and I got to see so many things and do so many things that I never had before.  Everywhere I went was …

This morning we packed everything up and got checked out of our hotel.  From there, we headed to Snow Bowl, the ski resort where we had embarked on a hike a few days ago.  This time, we would be taking their ski lift to the second highest peak on the mountain, and in Arizona.  When …

Since we had already done many of the hikes we wanted to near Flagstaff, we headed out early this morning for the Grand Canyon.  It was about an hour and a half drive up there, and we arrived at about 9am.  The weather was beautiful and clear, providing awesome views of the canyon.  I decided …

Today was a busy day.  We got up bright and early, and after a breakfast, we headed for the mountains for some hiking.  We drove up to 9200 ft elevation, where we parked in the ski resort parking lot and headed for the trail we took.  Our trail of choice did not go to the …

This morning around 10am, we left the house to head north to Flagstaff.  Instead of a boring drive down the interstate, we followed back roads, which took us through the countryside and past many mountains.  Along the way, we moved from city to desert, and then from desert to forest.  The northern forest is still …

Of course, when the clock struck midnight in Auckland, marking the end of August 1st, it was only 5am in Phoenix.  This meant that there were still 19 hours left in “today,” bringing my August 1st to a total of 43 hours. After twelve long hours, our plane finally landed in LA.  I have never …

Note: This post was written in-flight and was published later. Today is one of the shortest days of my short life.  I got up at 4:15a this morning to catch the 5am shuttle back to the airport.  At the airport, security was much busier than RDU, but moved quickly.  Luckily, my boarding pass from yesterday …

Well, my day got off to a good start.  I arrived at RDU and got checked in quickly.  I went through security in no time and headed down to my gate.  There was an A&W as close to the gate as you can get, so I grabbed a burger for lunch.  At about 1:40pm, we …

Well, I am off to church and then to the airport.  Since my flight is not until 2:00pm, I am able to go to church one last time before my flight.  Then, I head to the airport where I will check in, have my baggage checked through to New Delhi, and then make my way …

Today I graduated!  I got dressed at home and took some pictures.  At 3:00pm, my family and I left for the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, NC.  After much waiting, we began to line up.  Once in line–it takes a long time to line up two hundred students–we waited some more.  Finally, we began …