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Last week we took a family trip to Eugene, Oregon to check out the university where Anthony will begin his grad work this fall.  It seems like a particularly good fit for Anthony, especially given that Eugene is known as "Track Town USA."

The closer we got to Eugene, the more ubiquitous the letter O became!

Fenton Hall - home of the math department:

Just down the path from Fenton is Deady ("dee-dee"), another math building, which is where Anthony's office will be.  It's a very old building - built between 1873 and 1876, and it does not have air-conditioning, so it's really awesome that Anthony's office will be in the basement!

I found a picture online of the campus from 1894 (looks like a football game - GO DUCKS!) with Deady Hall in the background (the tall, narrow building in the middle).  Clearly it's got quite some history!  This makes me wonder if it's haunted!  Do ghosts haunt schools, or do they stay away?

My favorite spot in Deady Hall was the 'reading room' for undergrads, which was named 'Hilbert Space.'  It has an attached closet full of board games, which is exactly as it should be!

Some other points of interest (to me!) on campus were this sculpture of Einstein sticking out his tongue, which I thought was a pretty classy building adornment!

And the office of physicist Richard Taylor, since I'm an unabashed mathematician and physicist groupie I sought out his office hoping to find him in.   Alas, he was out  .  .  .

Stills of New Years Day at K.F.

Knight's Ferry 2014

Caleb's take on our trip to Knight's Ferry yesterday (New Year's Day 2014):

25th Anniversary - Part 3 - Gran Bahia Principe Resort

Below I've posted pictures of the Mayan sites we visited during our anniversary trip.  I'll finish up with this part showing Gran Bahia Principe where we stayed in the Mayan Riviera - a place we highly recommend.

Looking back at the resort from the water.

Looking down - so many fish right there immediately off-shore.

Our room

Pasta bar at the buffet

Mariachi in another buffet

I kept wanting to say to David, "Welcome to Fantasy Island!"  The resort was so big that there was lots of tram-type transportation.

Brazilian "Parade of Swords" dinner

They had a dolphin pool right in the midst of the resort - with shows and also opportunity to swim with or learn to train the dolphins.

This place was huge!  That conical-shaped building in the distance is our lobby.  We're not as far to "this" side as we could possibly go, and there was at least as much distance on the other side.

Enjoying one of the pools.

There were iguanas EVERYWHERE!  Pretty cool!

 More images of our room.

 A game of Scribbage in our room

Our favorite spot in the buffet - near the central fountain - 

 We could take out sailboats, kayaks and other water-sport equipment -

Me by our room - bye bye!