Buckle up, folks.  Scott says I'm entering... The Transition.  What an ominous sounding thing?! Apparently The Transition is well known in military circles.  I watched Scott go through his - without really knowing it had a word to define it....

The national parks give us all sorts of great science activities on the road. However, those activities don't usually involve the branch of science closest to my heart: Chemistry. (Yes, I know it's supposed to be physics, such is life)....

San Fransisco doesn’t disappoint.  We spent a day as blue chip tourists - knee-high socks (Nate), cameras around necks (Traci, Nate, Grammie Denise) and a plan to see: The Golden Gate, Fisherman’s Wharf, seals, Alcatraz, Ghirardelli Square, the red light...