Wow, I can't believe I have not posted anything yet this year. Not too late I guess.

2017 was largely uneventful in terms of travel, except for a crazy 2 week span in August. It was the craziest trip in terms of scope and experience, and years in the making. In 2 weeks, I :

• Visited Tokyo for the first time as an adult.
• Checked off my bucket list of viewing the world famous wildflower display of Mount Rainier. 
• Visited Portland for the very first time. 
• and finally, the main purpose of the trip: experienced The Great American Eclipse, thereby crossing off bucket list #2. 

It will be hard to put the experience of the solar eclipse in words, but this Ted Talk video hits most of the points:


Am I a changed man after witnessing nature's most intense spectacle? Probably not. But if I were to look back at 2017, it would no doubt be the year of the Great American Eclipse. I will most certainly blog about it, and that shall be 2018 New Year's resolution #1.