After a jaunt to the midwest for ISMB, I spent some weeks with friends and family hiking to waterfalls near Mount Hood and getting excellent views of the Columbia River Gorge.
Columbia River Gorge, from the Washington side (Cape Horn Trail)
Next up was a trip to the Bay area – the free Cable Car museum was cool to see.
The semester’s in full swing now, with everyone returning to classes (except for the lucky few on sabbatical). I flew to Washington, D.C. with some undergraduates and gave a talk at the CNB-MAC workshop, a precursor to the ACM-BCB conference.
After some delays getting home, Mt. Hood welcomed me back to PDX.
P.S. I also updated the header image from my July trip back home to Wisconsin – that was a lot of lawn to mow during my high school years.
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