As planned, I got up around 2.30 am and started towards the big city, with a hope of reaching Phoenix before it woke up for work : after a non-stop 4+ hour journey (didn’t even stop for gas) and missing only one last exit (which did not make any difference whatsoever to my trip), I [...]

I got up around 5 am, took everything I wanted to and walked over to the Maswik Lodge. My journey, kind of a package tour, started off in a reluctant mood/mode, but all traces of reluctancy vanished pretty soon, with Rick (Guiding Driver) lightening up everybody and the view from the Desert View. Soon after, [...]

I got up, as planned, pretty early and made it right in time for the Sunrise in South Rim. It wasn’t spectacular or anything like that, but the change in shades of various colors was nevertheless enjoyable. Needless to mention that I took quite a few pictures and soon, around 6.30 am MT, started my [...]

But for Dave waking me up around 5:20 am, I would have to be satisfied by watching canyons in my dream or probably on TV! We started around 5:35 am and I was the first one to check-in. It was good to see an operational coffee/snacks shop (a satellite center of Shipping Shop). NWA agents [...]

Like I mentioned in the previous entry, my annual-three-day vacation was in Arizona. I am glad to be back in Houghton, in one-piece, and more importantly, glad for the fact that three months of detailed planning/preparations paid off. Following is the day-wise summary of what I did, down in the desert. They might look like [...]

Due to the enormous workload involved in Physics classes combined with stress and lack of sleep, Physics students often forget (either by accident, defense mechanism, or intentionally) what their major really is. Thus, as a Physics major, someone took time to create a small list of indicators to help us all remember what we really [...]

Since Marg had informed me about it a couple days ago (I remember she had done earlier too, but I had not attended), I decided to visit the Rock Show this time. My main interest was to see what type/kind of rock was ‘Moon Rock’. I was pretty surprised when I realized it - it’s [...]