Kari Neumeyer

This is how we roll

Do bears eat rice?

Note: The following is back-dated, as our campsite didn’t have wifi. Lessons from the road: Eating an entire box of Triscuits (or Wheat Thins) is more effective than caffeine at keeping one alert at the wheel. Substituting sliced bell peppers doesn’t work. Windy roads with beautiful ocean views get old when they make the tripContinue reading “Do bears eat rice?”

Best job ever

But I’m definitely ready for my vacation (officially starting in 2 hours. Or less.). This is evident in how hysterically funny I find the Simpsons avatars, the fact that I’m laughing out loud about them, alone in my office, listening to 80’s music (thanks Chelsea, it rocks!). And that I thought it was appropriate toContinue reading “Best job ever”

The Birds

See? Bald eagles are so ubiquitous (can there be degrees of ubiquity?) that the local paper’s photographer went out the other day and found several. Click to see gallery. I love how you can really tell it’s fish and crab in the eagles’ mouths. She probably has a better telephoto lens than I do. Mine’sContinue reading “The Birds”

Delusions of Groening

You really don’t know how little you know what your own features look like until you try to create a Simpsons character of yourself (and your boyfriend).

The ubiquitous eagle

Hooray for bald eagles! I moved to this state in January 2003, during the heart of eagle season along the Skagit River. You were supposed to be able to drive upriver and see little white heads all over the place. My mom and I went up there, and I went up there again a fewContinue reading “The ubiquitous eagle”

Vision quest

While I was on the mother of all hikes yesterday, I started to feel like I was on a vision quest. That I was supposed to push myself to the point of exhaustion and delirium. Maybe my spirit totem would appear. For a lot of the journey, I was on my own. I kept fallingContinue reading “Vision quest”

Cotton Kills

A couple of jobs ago, I met some coworkers in the office parking lot on a Saturday morning for a hike at Mount St. Helens. It was summertime, so I wore a pair of camouflage shorts (in protest of the war, and cus they make me look like Avril Lavigne) and a white T-shirt. SomeContinue reading “Cotton Kills”

This is my 1,000th post

See? Still following Chelsea’s lead, five years later!

5th Bloggiversary

This is a big day. I’m taking the day off to celebrate. Not because I worked Monday-Saturday last week, but because my little blog is 5 years old! Five years ago, plus a day or so, I returned to Prague from a trip home to learn that Chelsea had started a blog. I believe herContinue reading “5th Bloggiversary”