Back from New York City

Being over 3,000 miles away from home I stayed on the east coast for Thanksgiving break. My best friend Charlie came up north to Colby on the 19th and chilled for a couple of days. In Maine we explored northwest of Colby and ended up at a lake near Bigelow, ME. On the 23rd we boarded a bus and began our nine hour trek to the big apple. It was excited to get out of the routine college life and explore new territory. At 9pm on Tuesday Charlie and I arrived somewhere in Chinatown. We spent the next three days walking miles around Manhattan and Brooklyn. We ate pizza at Pizza Suprema, pastrami sandwiches at Artie's Delicatessen, and ate everything but college cafeteria food. Although NYC made me miss home I loved seeing all of my friends from Portland. It was a memorable trip and the most enjoyable time I've had on the east coast. I came back to Maine to find snow and ice covering the ground. In three weeks I leave Maine to go home for one and a half months and I can not wait.

Love Life Maine

My day to day experiences at Colby are very different from my experiences in Maine. I've tried my best to leave Mayflower Hill and explore Maine. From my backpacking trip with my dad in the 100 mile wilderness to eating lobster on the coast, I think I've seen a good share of what Maine has to offer. Two of my best friends are with me in Maine so it's been great to see them. Charlie and I have visited each other multiple times both at Bates and Colby. Erica and I had a wild time exploring Boston during fall break and I surprised her last Friday with a random visit to Bowdoin. It's weird to be so far from home but still have my friends near by. While I am excited and eager to spend time in Portland and Seattle from mid December to the end of January, I want to continue to see Maine. From hunting moose to walking on snowy beaches I want to experience it all.

Summer 2010

It's hard to believe it is already November. Here in Waterville, ME a majority of the leaves have fallen and I now wake up to frost covering the grass. It's been my first fall in New England and in college. I've had an interesting time so far but it's always great to look back on pictures. Here are some pictures of my great summer in the Pacific Northwest. I can't wait to return home in less than two months. I feel like I've been in college a year. I came to Colby College when it was 100 degrees and very humid and now it is freezing.