3/1 - National Mall

No, I don't mean the Mall of America.

National Mall.

You know...?

The one in DC?

Yeah, that one.

Anyway, for the past week, a few friends of mine and I headed down to DC from Rochester for our "spring break" in middle of later winter. RIT is an odd school, but whatever.

Most of the week, we've been heading to museums here and there and saw some pretty cool stuff, such as the International Spy Museum and the Newseum. Pretty fun.

Today's our last full day here in DC, so we decided to take a walk around the National Mall, so I brought along my camera and snapped a couple pictures along the way.

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial from across the Tidal Basin. 

The new memorial of Martin Luther King Jr., which was just erected several months ago. 

The Korean War Memorial 

I'm proud to be an American. Red, white and blue all the way. 

Abraham Lincoln in his glory. 

The Lincoln Memorial under a gloomy sky in DC. 

The Washington Monument reflecting in the Reflecting Pool. 

Ken Love pointing out his grandfather, Ben F. Sutton, who died bravely fighting for his country during the Vietnam War. 

A duck, who I've decided to name Connie, after the Constitution, was curious about my camera. 

Hard to believe that I was just at the actual place just few weeks ago. Everybody, you still must go to Pearl Harbor, period. 

Part of the WW2 Memorial. To me, I was always more interested in the Pacific Theater than the European one. 

I knocked on the door. I sold Obama some Chipotle Burritos. He said thanks, then proceeded to have security confiscate my whole life, threw me in jail, and enjoyed the burrito right there in front of me. Yeah, he hates me that much. 

That's all I have from this week! Sorry I haven't been able to post some pictures from the museums, as most of the places forbids photography. COmpletely understand. They don't want to think that I'm a Swedish Spy or whatever.

Also, in the meantime, during the walk around National Mall, my good friend Ceasar Jones played around with my camera for a little bit. He's getting into photography as a hobby, so he snapped a few pics here and there during the walk.

He'll be making a guest post on this blog, and it should be up soon! So keep an eye out for it! :-)

Enjoy!

2/20 - Senior Spotlight, Women Hockey

#2 Danielle Read

#4 Kristina Moss

#6 Tenecia Hiller

#8 Ariane Yokoyama

#10 Kim Schlattman

#11 Ellesha Fortuna

2/20 - 2013 RIT Women Basketball Highlights

RIT guard Jess Kramer is introduced during the pre-games with her teammates. 

Twin sisters Maddie (left) and Mallory Apperson get last minute instructions from their coach before entering the game. 

RIT guard Leslie Havens drive the ball toward the hoop. 

RIT center Courtney Tennant makes a lay-up against RPI. 

RIT forward Kayla Wheeler wheels her way through Penn State Behrend defenders.

RIT forward Kayla Wheeler takes a sip of water during a time out. 

RIT senior guard Jackie Hom quarterbacks the ball up the court. 

RIT guard Jess Kramer looks for an open teammate to pass the ball to. 

RIT head coach Amy Reed reacts to a call. 

The RIT women basketball' starters discuss their game plan before the tip-off. 

RIT seniors Jackie Hom (#45) and Leslie Havens share a quiet moment together in their next-to-last game of their four-year career. 

RIT senior Jackie Hom is introduced during the pre-game for the final time in her career. 

RIT senior Leslie Havens holds back her tears as she walks off the court for the final time in her four-year career.
She will go down as one of the greatest players in RIT history. 

Hawaii, Kepaniwai Park's Heritage Gardens

On our way back from visting the Iao Valley, we stopped at this cool place where they had a garden that honored the immigration of Hawaiian, American missionary, Chinese, Japanese, Portugueses, Korean and Filipino cultures. It's a nice quiet area so we took a little time and checked out the sights.

Oh, and every picture in this post was taken with my iPhone.

Hawaii, Iao Valley

Hawaii, Mt. Haleakalã

If I live in Iowa, then this must be Heaven.

Atop of the 10,023 feet summit of Mount Halekalã, I stepped out of Hawaii and directly into Heaven. The sleeping volcano is the home of the most amazing sunrise anybody will ever see. When you're up there, you can't even see the land at all. It's like you're floating above the world. The world that we know is gone. As our skin got baked by the warmth of the rising sun in the East, we couldn't believe our eyes at all.

When mom told me about this place, I tried to imagine how beautiful it would be up there.

It completely blew my expectations out of world (pun not intended).

Just....surreal. 

Hawaii, The Capital City

After visiting Pearl Harbor during the morning, we decided to check out downtown Honolulu and stopped at a pretty cool place, the 'Iolani Palace, where the famed statue of King Kamehameha I stands in front of the Palace.

Also, that's where the tv show Hawaii Five-0, my new favorite show, is headquartered as well. 

Anyway, here's a few shots from the city.