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mom and dad at ligo

Yesterday I took my parents to LIGO, dressed them up like this, and took them into the Pre-Stabilized Laser (PSL) and Large Vacuum Equipment Area (LVEA) for a LIGO tour. My advisor Gaby gave them a tour of the Science Education Center (our little mini-Exploratorium), and then they were off to Mandeville to see my great aunt Pooh for the evening.

Today we went to the nearby Bluebonnet Swamp, where the city maintains a nature center and boardwalk trail. It turns out that the nature center has a large collection of native and exotic snakes, with a complete collection of Louisiana's venemous snakes, including an enormous timber rattlesnake, not to mention the largest python (not native) that I've ever seen. A nice boy who works there (Will) gave us a personal tour of the swamp and we found several small snakes in the wild.

Breakfast: at Zeeland Market, by my house. The food was good but I still find this place disappointing.

Lunch: delicious delicious hot pastrami sandwich and shrimp and corn soup at George's, also by my house. <3 <3 <3