quick note from Seattle

Hi-

Just wanted to say I'm still alive here in Seattle. I'm staying with Dorsey, a friend from Colgate. Seattle's a great city- I've had a great time exploring, eating in the restaurants, drinking coffee (there really are coffee shops everywhere here!) and looking for houses. No luck so far in the latter endeavor. I'm being a bit picky, though. I'm hoping to find the perfect kitchen, yard, location and price. We'll see how it goes.

I'm getting ready for the trip to Ecuador. We leave Friday for Quito, then head out to our biological station on the east side of the Andes on Saturday. We have about 9 days to conduct our research projects on dung beetles before heading to a jungle resort in Coca for three days of R&R.

I have lots of pictures and stories to catch up on- I'll try to work on that this week.

Haldre