Passing through London

Hey there,

So, after leaving the trail crew in North Central Washington, I have gotten a good tour of the states and am now in London, and will fly out tomorrow afternoon for Morocco. I first went back to Seattle to prepare a poster that I presented at the Soil Science Society of America conference in Houston. In Houston I not only meet alot of fascinating researchers, but got a chance to meet some couchsurfers randomly in the park, a guy from Idaho who came down to help with the clean-up who was staying with a really cool local. After a night of getting to know them I was very much back in the mood to travel, seeing new places, and getting to know great people.

After that I went back up to Michigan and Minnesota to visit with the folks, and them to Chicago to hang out with the bro before catching my flight to London. In Chicago I had an interesting start to the trip by leaving my credit card at a restaurant, and just when I thought I was ready to go, I realized i forgot my Typhoid pills in the fridge. No worries, I just got a nice tour of Chicago picking up all my forgotten belongings, while getting another chance to play with my really cute nephew and still getting to the airport with plenty of time.

Once in London I took the train across town to my fiends Hala and Adam's place, which is above the pub where they both work. After a quick lunch I headed back into town to so some sight seeing. I hopped off the tube near the financial district, and took a walk up the River Themes, seeing many of the historic sights of London. Here are a few shameless tourist photos:

Me with the London bridge

Hey look its Big Ben, with my goofy face next to it.

Well, now I am about to turn in after a great concert at the pub. I'm looking forward to meeting up with Evan tomorrow in Morocco to figure out where we are going to go hiking.