2007 NRAO REU at Green Bank, WV!

May | June | July | August


May

Driving from Ohio to WV (Steven) (5/20/07):



(5/21) Tour:




`Sunset from Hannah House (5/21/07)



Steven's drive (5/23/07)



(5/25/07)



5/26/2007: On Site
Meandering around the telescopes...



(5/26) In the science center: CWRU's telescope!



Steven's hike: 05/26/2007

Storm from Hannah House (5/27/07)





 



June

Drive with Steven Katie Danielle (6/1/07)
   


Tour of the GBT (6/6/07)
Heading out:


 Arrival:



 From underneath:
 


The track/base:


Elevator: going up!


First stop going up: The altitude gear
   


Walking to and taking the elevator(s):



 At the top!
     

 
In the receiver room:
 


Views of structure, along the way:
       


Views of the GBT shadow:



 Miscellaneous Scenic views:
    


(6/9/07) Cookout at Toney and Mali's:



Cupcakes! (6/11/07)



(6/11) Sophia, Ilene, and Courtney's visit to Richwood/Sophia's Grandma
 


Cookout at Glen's house (6/12/07?)



Sunset and storm - 6/12/07

Video of storm clouds: [original MOV file - 200K]




Fresh bread, candle-light, thunderstorm, and folksongs! (6/12/07)



Anechoic chamber tour: (6/15/07)



A typical Friday night: (6/15/07)


Bike ride on the Greenbrier trial: (6/16?/07)



Fiddles and Vittles - Ride on Cass Scenic Railroad (6/16/07)
Driving out there
 

The station in Cass
   


Engine Closeups
      


Riding through the old train yards/broken down buildings
 


Scenic Views from the train
  


Us on the train
           


The engine in action!
Brake Sounds      Train Whistle      Train whistle and engine hissing         Commentator reading




Whittaker Station



Whittaker Station - dinner area



Whittaker Station - The Band!!
Part of "On the Banks of the Ohio"     Some fiddling    
 


Whittaker Station - exploring the old stuff there
       




Whittaker Station - scenic views
   



The drive back - sunset



Star Party (6/16/07):



Jed showed us his chickens! (6/17/07)



40' tour/intro: (6/19/07)



Jay in bluegrass band at the River Place in Marlinton (6/20/07)



Swimming hole in Richwood (6/23/07)


Video - Sophia and Ilene jumping in



Little Levels Festival in Hillsboro - parade, dancing/singing, and some of us singing (eek!) (6/23/07)

Driving back from the Little Levels festival in Hillsboro (6/23/07)



Clouds outside Jansky Lab (6/26/07)



Square dance in Marlinton (6/26/07)

Video of clog-dancers: [21M gif file]



Playing with helium balloons... (6/30/07)

Video of payload dropping: [17M GIF]




Homemade wine: in progress (06/2007) and finished (7/1/07)






July

On the Greenbrier trail, south of Marlinton [Ilene, photographer] (7/1/07)



Trip to Lewisberg/Applebees (7/3/07):



Fourth of July at the Rabbit Patch! [Look at Jonathan's pie!!!]

Photos from Mali: (sorry they're not in perfect order.... blame the fact that 100 < 15 in file names...)



Bike ride through woods nearby (7/5/07)



Trip to Snowshoe for attempted chili-tasting (7/6/07):



(7/9/2007) Glen's pets and Katie



Sundog! (7/13 or so)



Weekend trip to Washington DC (7/13/07 - 7/15/07)
On the Metro between our hotel and the city:



Arrival into DC! (Gangsta' Amy)



Muesem of Natural History


(^^ that's actually a mineral!)



Lunch at California Tortilla



Air and Space Musuem [Goodbye Pluto, Orville Wright's Mandolin, ENIAC, and an Iridium Satellite]



Walking across the mall:
 


Metro again:



On the way to the National Zoo, which city are we in again?



The National Zoo!


(^^ a mostly crazy otter)

(^^ panda!)

(^^ free ranging monkeys!)

(^^ bald eagles)


(^^lion!)

Really cool iridescent/refractive jelly-fish: [47M GIF]


(^^ cheetah and red pandas)


Taking the Metro again to get dinner:



Dinner at an Asian restaurant called Raku (near/in Dupont Circle)
 


Wandering around Dupont Circle:



Outside Union Station at Sunset:

(^^I might have been reciting poetry...)



World War 2 Memorial:



Lincoln Memorial



FDR Memorial


Jefferson Memorial



Sunrise on Sunday!



National Cathedral and gardens:



Arlington National Cemetery:



National Gallery of Art



Tapas-stype Spanish restaurant for dinner: [Amy spilled her water!]



Are we back yet??



(7/28/07)  Blueberry picking


(7/25/07 - random date) Slug! Salamander! and groundhog


 
(7/25/07 - random date) Foggy morning and sunset:




(7/28/07) Durbin days/etc?




(8/1/07) Spinach really cracks Katie up:



Date?



(8/1/07) Yay, the 50c library sale puzzle is done!



(7/29/07) Jonathan's friends in Elkins




We got Peeped (7/30/07)



August
Playing with Peeps (8/2/07)



Meat cookout at Danielle's house (8/3/07)



Blueberry baking (8/4/07)


NRAO Picnic (8/4/07)



Jonathan's Birthday (8/4/07)



On the Greenbrier with Walmart shoes (8/5/07)



Dungeon scenes (8/7/2007)


Greenbrier Swimming hole (8/9/2007)
 






Spider! (8/10/07)



Perseid Meteors (sorta) (8/13/07)



I think he was napping (8/13/07)
 


Donkey and Trail trip (8/13/07)
   










Begrudging photo



Where engineers go to play:



Unsorted driving pictures



From Marlinton:



From Snowshoe - LITTER!


Katie's desk in the dungeon:


Around the site:
  Jonathan at work in the dungeon (DATE):


Jansky Lab (where we work!), with a view of the GBT:



GBT at night:



Jonathan and a dish:





Jonathan's dish and such:
 

Jonathan - want to add any details to these?