Jenn & Romy

Tonight we are going to see Moby at Squaw Valley! So excited!

Romy & Jenn

Tonight we are swimming and camping at Pyramid Lake, just north of Reno, with a bunch of people from the NGA program. It's 1/6th the salinity of sea water and has many fish and even huge pelicans! The Truckee River (the only outflow of Lake Tahoe) is the source of water for Pyramid Lake.

Romy

This week we are learning geothermal reservoir engineering at the University of Nevada Reno. We are using steam tables to the density of water as a function of pressure and temperature, and plotting the boiling point to depth curve.

Jenn & Romy

The washing machine at the house we're staying in broke (a long time ago actually), and so we had to go to Duds'n'Suds! They had a bar inside of the laundromat and a pool table! We just worked on our thesis while waiting for the clothes to finish. Correction: It looks like I am working on my thesis and Romy is on Facebook!

Jenn & Romy & Carolina & Luka

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, we pack our own lunch. We always have the best lunch and sit outside at the picnic tables.

Romy & Jenn

Enjoying a beer at Silver Peak Brewery in Reno, NV. We are enjoying trying all the microbreweries in the Reno area!

Romy

We are pooped! Crazy rafting trip!

Jenn

A whole day after we started an epic tubing trip with an impromptu camp over night *near* the hot springs on the East Fork Carson River.

Jenn & Romy

All of us (David, Ian, Romy, Jenn, Carolina) and the cargo raft at the beginning of the tubing trip down the East Fork Carson River! We put in near Markleeville, CA. We are very excited!!!

Romy & Jenn

Dinner party with Carolina! We live right next to a ski run, in the national forest.

Jenn & Romy

Driving up Mt Rose Hwy. I don't know what we are laughing about!

Romy & Jenn

We have to wake up super early each morning for the NGA program. We're sitting outside under the pine trees, having some coffee.

Romy & Jenn

Hanging out at the super ghetto basement apartment! Its actually cold up here at night!

Romy

Today we drove around looking at houses and land in the Virginia City Highlands. We also tried to drive down the old Toll Rd, which went between Reno and Virginia City.

Jenn

Anna from Spain is visiting for some field work (she is studying dikes (the geological kind, hehehe) in the Sierra Nevada). We went out to downtown with Anna and Carolina.

Jenn & Romy

Settling in to our temporary 3-week apartment on the top of Mt Rose!

Jenn & Romy

Happy 4th of July!!!

Romy

Romy is making a new steering column for the baja, since it needs to be different because of the body lift.

Jenn

I noticed a weed in the front. When I pulled it out, it was almost as big as me!

Romy & Jenn

Today there was so much drama at America's Best Tire, where we had purchased a warranty certificate for the Subaru's snow tires. We had to take a break fighting with the manager, and go get some frozen yogurt. It was so good!

Jenn

Today I sewed some curtains for Bubbles so it stays cooler inside. I love my White sewing machine! I took a picture of my reflection in the tread tension knob.

Romy

The Subaru is done, and now Romy is making sure the bus will still start!

Jenn

Its sooo hot, we made frozen mango blueberry smoothies. Mmmmmm!

Romy

Romy's replacing the Subaru's struts and tie-rods because we damaged them when following the Pony Express Trail a few weeks ago! Now the Subaru will be even more lifted!

Romy

Coming home from surfing in Santa Cruz, Bubble's throttle cable broke, but we were able to rig it up and keep driving home!

Jenn

We stopped at Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing to get a tasting flight on our way home from surfing.

Romy

Romy started putting all his car parts outside to organize everything! Soooo much stuff!

Romy

Today Romy made some yummy blueberry frozen smoothies! Mmmmmmmmm good!

Romy

Romy's also working on his thesis (which he'll finish before me). But it looks like he's about to call it quitting time as he opens an IPA we still had from our trip to Colorado.

Jenn

Working on my thesis. . . it's been giving me a hard time lately.

Jenn

Doing more moving stuff. Its all taking quite a while, but we are doing a little bit each day to keep it manageable.

Jenn

Today I took down all our magnets and post cards that we had on the fridge and washer & dryer, and packed them away. Everything looks so white! Can't wait to NOT be in this kitchen!!!

Romy & Jenn

We are officially starting the move to Reno by going through every room and getting rid of things (like this huge pile of clothes) we don't want to take with. I donated all our stuff to a thrift store in Berkeley.

Jenn & Romy

We got our Burning Man tickets in the mail today! Woo hoo!

Jenn

It was seafood night at N&M's. We had shrimp, abalone (a huge ocean snail), and oysters. N&M got the abalone from their neighbor, who went diving for them a while ago and froze one. I pounded it really good and made mini steaks.

Romy & Jenn

Romy had his last hospital visit today (a two-week check up with his surgeon). We had lunch at the hospital cafeteria. I had a tuna melt on rye. It was soooooooo good!!! Romy had a gyro.

Romy & Jenn

Tonight, we finished removing all of the windows from the yurt wall. Its ready for the mesh now.

Jenn

This afternoon we went biking to Jack London Square and Port of Oakland, at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park. I am spying on San Francisco.

Jenn

I am making salads for dinner.

Romy & Jenn

Today Romy installed the amp and sub in the Subaru! We took it on a test drive to set the dials on the amp.

Jenn & Romy

Driving somewhere in the Subaru - I think I80 through Emeryville.

Jenn

Romy

On our way home we stopped along the Yuba River.

Jenn

Ok, so we decided to just keep our camping party rolling tonight, and even though we were totally within driving distance of home on Sunday night, we camping outside of Portola, CA anyways!!!! Yay! It's sunset.

Jenn & Romy

Today we made it to Smith Creek Hot Springs in Nevada for some camping and soaking and relaxing!!!!

Romy

This morning we checked out Split Mountain in Dinosaur National Monument. The Green River cut down the mountain in half!

Jenn & Romy

Spontaneously, we called the Ashley National Forest to see if they had any yurts for rent tonight. We were able to stay at the Grizzly Ridge Yurt at 9,200 ft in the Uinta Mountains of Utah, north of Vernal. IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!! I love yurts!!!!!

Romy

Had to go to the state run liquor store to get some "normal" micro-brewed beer. We got all kinds of mix and match beers from breweries around the state of Utah. I felt like we were doing something wrong. The Mormons really make you feel sleezy for buying beer.

Romy & Jenn

Today we drove the Subaru up Mt. Evans, which is at 14,130 ft, and just a short drive from Golden. It is 20 ft higher than Pike's Peak (making the Mt Evans Scenic Byway the highest paved auto road in North America - woah!!!!), which we drove on January 7th, 2011 with the Daewoo.

Romy

Romy's in the kitchen at Jerraline's house in the mountains. We are visiting Romy's family in Golden since we're here!

Jenn

Tonight we are having dinner with Jerraline, Romy's 2nd cousin.