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        friedcheese.org is back!Yes, I’m back after over a year break. My impetus this time is to create a running blog, telling the tale of my training for the Spokane Marathon. I still have a few more features to add, but the bare essentials are once again in place. Actual running-related entries should commence in one week. 
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 my new home. my alex ross flash poster has adorned the space above my bed in every room i’ve slept in since freshman year at nu, so of course it got the place of honor yet again! to the left of where i’m standing when taking this shot is my tiny little kitchenette. aside from the bathroom behind me, that’s pretty much all there is to it.
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 day 6 - and here i am! for those of you who asked, “why idaho?”, just look at that mountain. that’s why.
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 pretty sure this one is called steamboat geyser. it’s the tallest geyser in the world, shooting upwards of 400 ft. however, it hasn’t erupted in over a year.
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 after i got back from old faithful, i spent the rest of the day hiking. after getting lost following the wrong path, i finally found my way to the norris geyser basin. this is the porcelain basin.
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 day 5 - old faithful. what’s a trip to yellowstone without stopping here? i drove down here first thing in the morning and ate breakfast (if you can call eating the contents of a box of raisin bran with your hands breakfast!) while i waited for it to blow. pretty neat.
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 day 4 - yellowstone national park. i didn’t realize how big this place was. after i paid my admission fee, i had to drive another 60 miles (a good chunk of it through construction) to my campsite, which was still only about halfway through the park! on the way, i passed these bision chilling out and took a pic from my car.
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 it took forever to find a place to spend the night that wasn’t swarming with bikers. i’d hoped to stay in the rapid city area that night, but i ended up driving into wyoming. there were still tons of bikers at this campsite. in addition to the crowdedness, this site was also the lamest of the trip, as i had no fire ring and it was twice as expensive as the others. i did take a shower there, though, so that was a bonus.
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