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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 22:48:45 GMTServer: NCSA/1.4.2Content-type: text/htmlLast-modified: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 17:18:33 GMTContent-length: 9172<html><head><title>What I did on my Summer Vacation</title></head><body><h1> What I did on my Summer Vacation </h1><img src=ss2.gif><P>After spending July through November of 1995 visiting IBM's <A HREF="http://www.software.ibm.com/torcas"> Centre for Advanced Studies</A>in Toronto, I embarked on a cross country trek back to Seattle. Notbelieving the oft-repeated rumor that the shortest distance betweentwo points is a straight line, I proceeded to drive from Toronto toSeattle via Madison WI, Denver CO, and Moab UT. <P>My favorite part of the trip was the 5 days I spent winding my waythrough southern Utah -- well worth the detour if you ever get thechance. I took a number of pictures along the way, but, due to my ownstupidity, the first roll of film containing pictures of theBadlands, Wall Drug, Mount Rushmore, and other highlights of SouthDakota and Wyoming was ruined.<P><table border=3 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=3 width=100%><tr><td align=middle>Destination City</td><td align=middle>Miles Driven</td><td align=middle>Highlights <P> </td></tr> <tr><td>Ann Arbor, Michigan<br></td><td>299<br></td><td> I left Toronto mid-morning and headed towards Ann Arbor. It wassnowing; fortunately, this was the only bad weather I encountered forthe entire trip. After some casual pub-crawling, I crashed for thenight at the palatial digs of Jeff O'Neill, aka Corny Bennet, akaWillow. Jeff is a former Chelmsdale & Wah-Tut-Ca guy, who has notyet jumped on the WWW bandwagon. <P></td></tr><tr><td>Madison, Wisconsin<br></td><td>420<br></td><td>The next night I headed into the frozen tundra and visited <AHREF="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~dburger/dburger.html"> Doug</A> at <AHREF="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/"> UW Madison</A>. Doug and I sufferedthrough a whole host of <A HREF="http://www.cs.yale.edu"> undergrad CS courses</A> together at <AHREF="http://www.yale.edu">Yale</A>, climaxing in our semester-longquest to write an adaptation of nethack in <A HREF="http://www.cs.yale.edu/HTML/YALE/CS/haskell/yale-fp.html">Haskell</A>.<P></td></tr><tr><td>Sioux Falls, South Dakota<br></td><td>451<br></td><td> There's really not much to see between Madison and Sioux Falls.Highlights of this leg of the trip include driving across the entirestate of Minnesota without stopping (275 miles), playing <EM>RedBarchetta</EM> at maximal volume, and the incredibly nice statetrooper in Wisconsin who only gave me a written warning. <P></td></tr><tr><td>Hot Springs, South Dakota<br></td><td>464<br></td><td> South Dakota is big. And <EM>flat</EM>. The monotony of theprairies alongside I-90 was only broken by signs for Wall Drug. Aroundmid-morning I snuck into the <AHREF="http://www.nps.gov/badl/">Badlands</A>, but wasn't able to see much since the government was shut down and thepark was officially closed. Also made the pilgrimage to <AHREF="http://www.state.sd.us/state/executive/tourism/20reason/wall.htm">WallDrug</A> for a cup of coffee ("still only a nickel"). After Wall Drug,I continued west through the Black Hills, with a side trip to <AHREF="http://www.state.sd.us/state/executive/tourism/rushmore/rushmore.html">MountRushmore</A>. Mount Rushmore itself was fairly unimpressive, but theBlack Hills themselves are worth seeing. As I continued through themto Hot Springs, I was treated to a magnificent sunset. <P></td></tr><tr><td>Longmont, Colorado<br></td><td>348<br></td><td> After an uneventful (but fast) drive through the southern cornerof Wyoming, I stopped for a couple days to visit family in Longmont (about anhour north of Denver). Fortunately, while I was in Longmont the yahoosin Washington DC got their act together and I didn't have to cancel myplans to take a side trip to visit the National Parks in Utah. <P></td></tr><tr><td>Moab, Utah<br></td><td>466<br></td><td> After spending a relaxing weekend in Longmont, I headed south toDenver and then through the Rockies on I-70. My little Honda was notthrilled about the step inclines and the high elevations, but weeventually limped our way through to the other side. Following theadvice of my Uncle Ken, a petroleum geologist who has spent a fairamount of time "well sitting" in Utah, I drove into Moab via thestate highway 128 from Cisco. A spectacular drive along the ColoradoRiver; the late afternoon sun really brought out the reds and orangesin the canyon walls. These were the last pictures taken on myill-fated first roll of file. After finding a place to stay in Moab, Iheaded out to Dead Horse Point State Park to watch the <AHREF="./ss1.gif">sunset</A> over the canyonlands. <P></td></tr><tr><td>Bryce, Utah<br></td><td>312<br></td><td> I spent the morning tromping around <AHREF="http://www.infowest.com/Utah/canyonlands/arches.html">Arches National Park</A>. Arches are formed when wind and water erode thecenters of <A HREF="./arch1.gif">fins</A> of sandstone. <AHREF="./arch4.gif"> Landscape arch</A> is the longest arch in thepark, with a span of 306 feet. <A HREF="./arch3.gif">DoubleArch</A> and <A HREF="./arch6.gif"> Double O Arch</A> are fairly unusualformations. To give you an idea of the scale, the small white blob is aperson standing under the lower arch of the Double O. I stopped for lunch at<A HREF="./arch5.gif">Partition Arch</A> with its spectacular view outacross the Devil's Garden. Some other arches in the park are <AHREF="./arch2.gif">South Window Arch</A> and <AHREF="./arch7.gif">Wall Arch</A>. After leaving Arches, I headed westtowards Bryce through scenic, but virtually uninhabited, south-centralUtah. There is a stretch of I-70 here that has no exits for 100miles.<P></td></tr><tr><td>Zion, Utah<br></td><td>160<br></td><td> I spent the whole day exploring <AHREF="http://infowest.com/colorcountry/bryce.html">Bryce CanyonNational Park</A>. Overall, this was my favorite day of the trip.Two very special aspects of Bryce were the incredible atmosphericclarity (the day I was there, one could see clearly for 75 miles) andthe quiet. Hiking along the base of the canyon, I could hear thewind blowing through the trees along the canyon rim, 1500 feetoverhead. In the morning and early afternoon, I hiked the 8.5 milesof the Fairyland loop trail -- an experience I'd highly recommend toanyone with the time to savor it. The trail descends from the <AHREF="./bc7.gif">canyon rim</A> into an incredible world of delicatelyshaded pink and orange limestone <A HREF="./bc2.gif">1</A> <A HREF="./bc3.gif">2</A> <A HREF="./bc4.gif">3</A> <A HREF="./bc5.gif">4</A> and fantastic hoodoos<A HREF="./bc1.gif">1</A><A HREF="./bc6.gif">2</A>. The serenity was indescribable; during my entire hike I only saw threeother people. <P>Later that afternoon, I hiked along the rim of the <AHREF="./bcpc.gif">main amphitheater</A> and visited a number of otherscenic viewpoints along the canyon rim<A HREF="./bc8.gif">1</A> <A HREF="./bc10.gif">2</A> <A HREF="./bc11.gif">3</A> <A HREF="./bc12.gif">4</A>.I think <A HREF="./bc9.gif">this</A> picture came out reallywell. After sitting and watching <A HREF="./bc13.gif">the sunset overthe canyon</a> I reluctantly left Bryce Canyon and headed towardsZion. <P></td></tr><tr><td>Cedar City, Utah<br></td><td>143<br></td><td> <A HREF="http://infowest.com/colorcountry/zion.html">ZionNational Park</A> was surprisingly busy, considering that it wasThanksgiving Day. After taking a quick hike through the constricteddepths of <A HREF="./zion1.gif">the narrows</A>, I set out to climb tothe top of <A HREF="./zion3.gif">Angels Landing</A>, a spire of rockthat towers 1500 feet over the base of the canyon. After a steep, butroutine, climb I reached <A HREF="./zion8.gif">Scout's Lookout</A>,located about 1000 feet above the canyon floor. The last half mileof the ascent to Angels Landing consists of a harrowing traversal of a<A HREF="./zion9.gif"> narrow ledge</A>, with a 1000 foot drop toeither side, followed by a scramble up the <A HREF="./zion10.gif">backside</A> of the spire itself. The view fromthe top was breathtaking <A HREF="./zion4.gif">1</A><A HREF="./zion5.gif">2</A><A HREF="./zion7.gif">3</A>.<A HREF="./zion6.gif">4</A>.After descending from the heights of Angels Landing, I checked outseveral other close-to-the-road scenic viewpoints in the park.<A HREF="./zion11.gif">1</A><A HREF="./zion12.gif">2</A>.The late afternoon sun highlights the reds and oranges in the canyonwall in <A HREF="./zion13.gif">this picture</A>. <P></td></tr><tr><td>Boise, Idaho<br></td><td>604<br></td><td> Drove over 600 miles. 'nuff said. <P></td></tr><tr><td>Seattle, Washington<br></td><td>532<br></td><td> Appropriately enough, as I started to drive through the Cascades,it started to rain. For the last 4000 miles, the weather had beengreat; the closer I got to Seattle, the harder it rained. Despite thelousy weather, after almost two weeks on the road it was nice to gethome. <P></td></tr></table></center></body><hr><address> grove@cs.washington.edu <br> </address></html>⌨️ 快捷键说明
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