End of a Journey

I've reached the end of my pictures. I have nothing left to tell.

For now...

Evolution

Of all the incredibly beautiful pictures that I captured on the trip down, the moon shots were my absolutely favorites.

Here is my trip in phases of the moon.

January 1, 2009.
January 6, 2009.

January 7, 2009.

January 8, 2009.

January 10, 2009.

The full moon was the night after we got home.

It was glorious.

The McDonald Observatory

One of the coolest days of the entire trip.
The Hobby-Eberly Telescope. The dome is covered in strips of aluminum tape.

The surface of the HET is curved, making it about $100 million cheaper than most of the telescopes in the world, and still just as effective.

View from the top.

Koji and Sarah goofin around.

HET and the moon.

The sundial, the HET, and the moon.

First Sunset in Texas

Oregon sunsets are purple, California's are red, and New Mexico's are pink.

But Texas sunsets, my home's sunsets, are by far the best and most colourful.

Carlsbad Caverns

One of my favorite parts to the drive down.
Unfortunately, we didn't get to see the bats. They fly south for winter...

Some of my favorite formations.

Sarah and Koji in the caves.

Where we ate lunch.

Oh, Galaga...

Galaga; my childhood in an arcade game.

CRUISIN USA!!!

The coolest saloon ever. (we ate lunch at Jack's, to the right of this picture; this place was closed)

The coolest chandelier ever.

The coolest door ever.

Ruins on the hills above where we ate lunch.

The adorable historic strip where we bought fudge and mailed postcards.