Kayaking

NOTE: Recapitulando parte 1. Very late post. Estoy actualizando todo lo que he hecho de octubre para acá… divertido!

Español: Resulta que Lusmerlin se ha ido de paseíto en uno de esos botes divertidos que parecen una zanahoria retorcida llamados kayak. Ella se va a su viaje aunque no sabe nadar, con la esperanza de que el salvavidas no esté pichado. Baja muy tranquilamente el río Yellowstone en un día súper soleado, con mucha gente loca en el medio, y con piratas de río. Rema que te rema y Lusmerlin no se quiere ir. Le encantan las montañas. Luego viene una tormentita y a Lusmerlin el viento la quiere voltear pero ella es más pendeja y se queda en la orilla por 20 minutos aguantando fuete. Lusmerlin fue feliz.

English: So Lusmerlin went to a little trip in one of those funny little boats that look like a twisted carrot called kayaks. She goes to her trip though she can’t swim, hoping that the life-vest ain’t got a puncture. She goes down the Yellowstone river on a sunny day, with a bunch of crazy people and river pirates. Row and row and row and row, but Lusmerlin does not want to leave. She loves mountains. She was happy.

The Story Mansion

The Story Mansion is a recreational area of Bozeman. It is basically a great vintage house where different activities take place along the year. Fred and Patricia invited me there to watch a movie outdoors (yes, like in the movies… so american!) and a car exhibit. I got more pics, but Internet is misbehaving. See ya soon!

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Catapalooza and the Marching Band

At the end of august, before starting classes there was this very interesting fair on campus called Catapalooza. It was basically a bunch of stands promoting the different community and on campus organizations. From sororities to community service, there was everything you could imagine.

Before coming here I had already checked the huge amount of clubs you can join here… and you guys will have the chance to see little by little everything I’ve been doing!

What I loved the most during Catapalooza was the huuuge amount of free cute stuff I got and the wonderful performance of the marching band. I got different videos but right here I got a little demonstration for you. FOR SOME REEEEASON the speed is higher and it looks really shaky, but at least you’ll get the idea!

Catching up: one month +

Oh well…. I was having a lot of problems with my internet connection here. The network (ResNet) is actually new this semester and it became literally a pain for many people to get the right configuration. I got some of the Resident Advisors and even people from the IT department help me and guess what??? Nothing.

Yes, nothing..

Absolutely NOTHING!!!

 

Fortunately the person who spent about an hour trying to troubleshoot my little baby and the crazy wireless understands how things can go with your OS. “That happens to you because you don’t have Fedora”, said he. And oh Well, I do like Fedora, but my netbook didn’t really get along with it.

The good news is that I bought an ethernet cable and set my wired connection. That means THAT I’M BAAACKKK!!!

 

 

 

Moving to another dorm!

Out with the girls + Music on Main St.

I met this lovely Chinese girl named Hanling and a very funny Haitian one named Dominique. I also went to this very cool music festival that goes on every Thursday on Main St. There was a cool band named Keegan Smith and The Fam who played jazz funk and sometimes jazz funk country (btw they got free downloads, google them!) and I danced a lot.

The friday after I went clubbing so I have had a wild weekend.

There was also this woman who approached me saying that she has a tradition of taking pictures of interesting people with her armadillo. And I was like … sure we can take a pic! And LOOK AT THIS INCREDIBLE PURSE!:

Hitting Yellowstone!

So last tuesday I went to Yellowstone with Fred and Athit. Athit was the first Ugrader at Bozeman I met online. He told me about Fred an d Patricia, a very lovely couple who likes helping and taking out international students so they experience in the US is better.

It was a very unique experience. I got to learn about Bozeman vegetation, wheat farming and others. As we headed to Yellowstone I got to enjoy a beautiful view of the Rocky Mountains and the Yellowstone River.It was really interesting to see all sizes of coniferous trees and to get to know about the wildfires that have occured along the mountains lately.

There were some interesting signs I saw along the highway. Crosses planted indicating death of intoxicated people and reminding drivers of not being reckless. Signs with instructions of hygiene to avoid bears… Signs for everything! I took some pics of them included in this link: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lusmerlin

I got to see an elk from afar and I was completely shocked by how static clouds seemed to be!

Here goes a pair of videos of the falls I got to see:

I also went to the Norris Geyser Basin. My first time seeing Geysers! Yay! I was totally amazed by the sulfur odor and the different colours related to algae around the thermal waters. Here s a pic!

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MORE PICTURES, CHECK MY YELLOWSTONE! ALBUMS in here:

https://picasaweb.google.com/Lusmerlin