I know I've been bad at updating on this website with how my year abroad's been going, but I've really appreciated Bill's link to my outside blog!
 
I just got back from a month traveling around the U.K., the first half with Mom and Jim, and the second half around Scotland.  Both halves were amazing, and I've blogged about my Scotland adventures.  Pictures will follow, although my camera hardly did the incredible views justice!  Here's a few sneak previews, though...

Mom and I on a (very windy!) Lake District hike

Amazing cliffs in Scrabster, at the very north of Scotland's mainland, before I hit the Orkney Islands

One of the many splendid views out of my train ride from Mallaig to Fort William.

Hello family!  I'm really loving the UK so far, and although I haven't yet hit the two-week mark, I'm feeling more settled in to the flat and the city.  I FINALLY finished blogging about LAST weekend's trip to Northumbria, so check those out when you have time.  I like keeping updated with you guys.  Hope your autumns are going well!

Well, on Sunday I'm out of here!  I've started an external blog for my travels (don't be offended, Bill!), because it'll be easier to manage and share with a wider group of people.  I'll let you guys know on here when I have big updates and so on, but if you want to follow my blog, the web address is:
http://www.leftlanelife.tumblr.com
 
Hopefully I'll be spinning tales and sharing photos and videos before too long!

Trout Fry is a big deal at Luther, but later Luther's really been cracking down on it, since it's turned into a huge beerfest...so Wellness always has an "alternate" activity at the same time as Trout Fry.  Of course, they say that they're not trying to compete with/discourage Trout Fry.  Riiight.

A bit of nonsense in honor of finals week and the final issue of Chips for the school year!
 

So last week was my spring break, in which I traveled with my friends Brenna and Matthew on an Epic Roadtrip of the Midwest.  Here's a picture of us with Brenna's car, Roofie Ruby the Armchair on Wheels, and Honeycomb Hannah, my surrogate roommate.  And yes, my surrogate roommate is, in fact, a ginormous bag of generic-brand honeycomb cereal.  This picture was taken in Kingsley, one of our many stops on our Midwstern adventure.

Basically our route went from Decorah to the Cities, where we stayed for a night with a friend before driving on to Grand Forks, North Dakota, where Brenna lives.  There was a LOT of flooding there, but not nearly as much as there was when we drove through Fargo.  Thank goodness the water wasn't so high that we couldn't use the interstate, but it was almost to that point.  I'll try to get a good photo up of that soon-- right now I don't have any on my computer.