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The O'Grady Lab has moved!

8/14/2017

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It's been a while since I've posted much on this site.  Most of my attention has been focused on planning and executing the lab's move to the Department of Entomology at Cornell University.  Graduate students Nina Pak and Allan Cabrero will be staying in Berkeley and I'll be admitting new students starting next fall.
This journey started with an epic road trip, from Berkeley to Ithaca. Paceyn and I started with a drive to Portland on June 21st. Along the way, we bought a teardrop trailer. This was probably one of our best purchases. We ended up logging nearly 5000 miles over the course of next month with our new camper!

We stopped in Lassen and Crater Lake National Parks and for an afternoon in Ashland, Oregon. Ashland is notable for the beautiful Lithia Park and Tree House Books, the best kid's book store we've found so far.  
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Teardrop field vehicle at Mary's Peak, OR
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Swimming in Lithia Park, Ashland, OR
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Paceyn in Lassen
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Crater Lake National Park
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Tillamook Ice Cream!
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Lassen National Park
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Crater Lake National Park
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Beargrass at Mary's Peak, OR
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Crater Lake National Park

We arrived in Portland where we were able to spend time with family (Bryonie, Eric, Oliver, and Guilyn) and friends (Susan and Jay). Paceyn had a wonderful time exploring the city.  Her favorites were hanging with Oliver, shopping at Powell's Books, and taking the tram ride (twice) with Jay.  Chelsea joined us on June 29th and we started our trip east.
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Crepes with Oliver and Bryonie
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Tram ride over Portland
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Jay on the playground
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Dinner with Susan and Jay
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Susan, Jay, and pollinators
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Swinging!

Leaving Portland, we headed through Columbia River Gorge and ended up near Mt. Hood. Then it was through Washington and Montana to the north entrance to Yellowstone. Yellowstone was one of the highlights of the trip - what an amazing place!! We didn't get enough time to explore fully and are looking forward to another trip already.
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Columbia River Gorge Waterfall
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Mammoth Hot Spring Terraces
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Paceyn at Geyser Hill
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Chelsea and Paceyn at Grand Prismatic Spring
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Ephydrids!
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Mt. Hood
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Old Faithful
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Geyser Hill
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Double rainbow in Yellowstone
We left the east entrance to Yellowstone and drove across Wyoming. The Big Horn Mountains and Shell Creek were incredible.  We weren't expecting to find an area so beautiful and rich in fossils. All the roadcuts were even labeled by geological era. We left Wyoming and crossed over into the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore on the 4th of July. After that, we visited the Badlands, Wall Drug, and the Corn Palace.  
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Big Horn Roadcut
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Lunch at the Corn Palace
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Madison Formation
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Elvis!
​We survived a tornado warning at a KOA in South Dakota (and Paceyn managed to make friends with a couple kids from San Francisco).  After that, we spent another thousand or so miles of flat, boring states, many of which begin with an "I" (and which we didn't memorialize with photos). After a week visiting Chelsea's parents in Delaware, we drove to Ithaca and moved into our rental on the 15th of July.

The boxes are unpacked (mostly), the dust has settled (mostly), and "the lab" is now getting set up here in Ithaca, New York.  There is still lots to do, including moving the National Drosophila Species Stock Center to its new home in the basement of Comstock Hall.  ​I'll post more on that - and the flies I collected on the drive across country - later.
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