Travel

May 2025: Ely & Dubuque IA, and Columbus & Sandusky OH

A combination trip to see family in Iowa and Ökten and other friends in Ohio

May 2025: Columbus OH and Detroit MI

Attending a once-in-a-lifetime concert in Detroit with Ökten

April 2025: Columbus & Cleveland OH

Going with Ökten to Vanessa and Joey's Broadway and Disney themed karaoke party

March 2025: Columbia & Charleston SC

Dad came down to visit for about a month, and we made some day trips

March 2025: Washington DC (barely), Columbus OH and Milwaukee WI

Got to say a short goodbye to Ökten's parents, before driving to Columbus for a short sleepover. Then, on to WI for Teddy's bachelor party!

March 2025: Slade KY and Red River Gorge

Celebrated Ökten's birthday at a rented A-frame cabin in the KY wilderness

January 2025: Appling GA

Celebrated Bryce and Morgan's wedding at a farm-style chapel and reception area

December 2024: Columbus OH and Ely IA

Flew into Columbus to pick up Ökten and her family (parents and brother too!!), then drove to Ely for Christmas, then flew back to Columbus for New Year's!

December 2024: Aiken SC Trails

Ökten came to visit and we did some hiking!

October 2024: West Virginia Camping

Both Ökten and I drove up to WV to do some cold camping in the autumn leaves

September 2024: Columbus & Dover, OH

Flew in to Columbus to see Ökten before we attended Vanessa and Joey's wedding

September 2024: Atlanta GA

Got to see Luke in Atlanta before he completed some officer training

August 2024: Columbus OH and Holland MI

In a combination trip, went to Columbus to help Ökten get a new car, and then drove to Holland Michigan for Mom's birthday!

July 2024: Columbus OH

Attended Vanessa's bachelorette party!

July 2024: Columbus OH

The whole family plus girlfriends all came to stay in Columbus to celebrate birthdays!

June 2024: Aiken SC and Augusta GA

Ökten came for a visit

May 2024: Colossolcon 2024: Columbus & Sandusky OH

Visited Ökten and went to the zoo before going to my first convention

April 2024: Aiken SC and Augusta GA

Ökten came for a visit, and we got to see a concert and have sushi!

April 2024: Columbus OH

Visited Ökten and went downtown!

March 2024: Columbus OH

Visited Ökten for her birthday!

February 2024: Wytheville WV

Camping in a cabin in a KOA campground!

January 2024: Columbus OH

Visited Ökten and went to the Japanese market and hot pot

December 2023: Reno NV and Sacramento & San Francisco & San Jose & Santa Cruz & San Luis Obispo & Santa Barbara & Pasadena CA and Las Vegas NV

Flew into Reno to see family before a CA road trip, finishing at Las Vegas

December 2023: Columbus OH

Ökten and I visited Columbus for the first time!

November 2023: Ely IA

Home for Thanksgiving

October 2023: Oak Ridge TN

Visited Bart, Lindsay, and Abby for Mario-themed Halloween

October 2023: Nashville TN

Marcus and I seeing Jason Isbell in concert

October 2023: Durango & Mesa Verde & Rico & Telluride & Ouray & Silverton CO

The final Colorado trip

October 2023: Amana IA

Officiated Alex's wedding

September 2023: Mableton GA

Visited Six Flags near Atlanta

August 2023: Golden CO

Visited Red Rocks

July 2023: Chicago IL and Kenosha WI and Pikes Peak & Cripple Creek & Royal Gorge & Canon City CO and Ogden UT

Visited Ökten and went to the zoo before going to my first convention

July 2023: Aiken & Folly Beach SC

Ökten came to help me move in to South Carolina

July 2023: Altoona & Des Moines IA

Visited Luke for our birthday, and went to Adventureland

June 2023: Des Moines & Decorah IA

Spent Father's Day in Decorah

June 2023

A solo hiking trip to Big South Fork National Area

May 2024: Las Vegas NV and Grand Canyon AZ and Zion & Bryce Canyon & Hurrican UT and Las Vegas NV

Went with Ökten and her parents to do the national park circuit

March 2023: San Diego CA

Attended the TMS conference

March 2023: Chattanooga

Ökten and I made a short visit for her birthday

March 2023: Chattanooga

Ökten and I made a short visit for her birthday

December 2022: Boston MA and New York, NY

Ökten and I met up with Joel and Kevin in Boston

November 2022: Eufala & Midwest City OK

Ökten and I had Thanksgiving with the family and Grandpa, and saw Grandma too

October 2022: Pittsburgh PA

Attended the TMS: MS&T conference

September 2022: Denver & Fort Collins, CO and Cheyenne, WY and Keystone & Deadwood, SD and Billings, MT

Ökten and I took a road trip to see Crazy Horse and Mount Rushmore, and add a few states

September 2022: Ames & Des Moines IA

I think I was home for dad's birthday? May have also been the CMI conference in Ames

September 2022: Gainesville, FL

All-group meeting for the AMO Thermomagnetic project

August 2022: Oak Ridge & Knoxville, TN

Ökten came to visit me and we went downtown!

June 2022: Philadelphia PA

Attended the RERC29 conference.

June 2022: Mt. Evans, CO

Camped out with Ökten and the Zadrozny group to try to climb Mt. Evans

May 2022: Tallahassee & Cape Canaveral, FL

Tried to attend Judy's wedding and got to see the NASA compound.

April 2022: Oak Ridge & Knoxville TN

Ökten came to visit me and we went downtown!

March 2022: Des Moines IA

Luke got married!

March 2022: Fort Collins & Denver & Breckenridge, CO

Visited Ökten for her birthday

December 2021: Austin & San Antonio & Corpus Christi & Houston TX

Ökten and I went with the family to Texas for Christmas and New Years

November 2021: Denver & Fort Collins, CO

I visited Ökten and we did some sightseeing in Denver

October 2021: Oak Ridge TN

Ökten and her parents met my parents at my apartment for the first time, and we spent Halloween in the Great Smokey Mountain National Park

September 2021: Denver & Fort Collins & Colorado Springs & Glenwood Springs & Breckenridge, CO

I drove Ökten and her parents on a trip to the Garden of the Gods and more.

September 2021: Oak Ridge TN and Bryson City, NC

I hiked in the Great Smokey Mountain National Park with the postdocs, and we finished in Bryson City

August 2021: Des Moines, IA

Came home for Mom's Birthday (might be more to this trip... Luke's bachelor party?

August 2021: Fort Collins & Fairplay CO

I came to visit Ökten and we went to Fairplay (South Park)

July 2021: Oak Ridge & Knoxville TN

Ökten came to visit me for my birthday and we went downtown!

June 2020: California?

I have something from the Monterey Bay Aquarium but I don't remember this

January 2020: Oak Ridge TN

I visited ORNL to perform a single crystal experiment for YiXu

December 2019: ???

Some sort of family thing? Picture of me and Jake. I had just gotten my hair cut.

September 2019: Jacksonville, FL

Ökten, Joel, and I saw Game of Thrones orchestra!

April 2019: Orlando, FL

We attended the ACS Meeting

September 2018: Hamburg, Germany; Copenhagen, Denmark; Grenoble, France; Geneva, Switzerland

Mike and Ökten brought me along on a trip to Europe

December 2018: Iowa and ???

Ökten came with me for Christmas with the family. May have gone to a Great Wolf Lodge for wintery activities

December 2017: Nashville, TN; St. Louis, MO; Kansas City, MO/KS; Des Moines, IA; North Liberty, IA; Indianapolis, IN; Cincinatti, OH; Louisville, KY

Did a midwest road trip with Ökten!

November 2017: ???

Visited Grandpa for his birthday, and attended the family reunion.

November 2017: Miami, FL

Ökten and I took a weekend getaway to Miami.

July 2017:

Went to Sean and Megan's wedding at the Celebration Farm

June 2017:

Came back to Iowa for Christian and Callie's wedding!

May 2016: Chicago IL

Ökten and I met up with the guys from Beta Sig for Luis's wedding!

May 2016: Tampa Bay FL

Presented at my first conference, FAME

July 2016: Tampa Bay & Orlando FL

The family came down to go to Busch Gardens and Universal Studios

September 2016: North Liberty, IA

Came down to be Best Man in Jacob and Katie's wedding

December 2015: North Liberty & Ames, IA

Went home for Christmas, and to see Alex graduate

November 2015: Riverside IA

Got to be at Emily's wedding at the farm

July 2015: Newport Beach, CA

Family vacation down in California

April 2015: Salt Lake City, UT

Chris and I road tripped to Utah to be at Kenyon and Courtney's wedding!

December 2014: ???

Got a big Tener family reunion for Abby's wedding

June 2014: Valencia, Spain and Rome and Florence, Italy

Had my big undergraduate study abroad trip.

October 2014: Coralville, IA

Got to atted.

March 2014: Indianapolis, IN

Performed a service trip to help the homeless in Indianapolis.

December 2013: Coralville IA

Got to be at Steph and Andy's wedding!

June 2013: PNW

Attended the Tener family vacation at Mt. Hood in Oregon

December 2019: ???

Some sort of family thing? Picture of me and Jake. I had just gotten my hair cut.

December 2011: New York, NY

Marching band got to travel with the Cyclones to the Pinstripe Bowl played in Yankee stadium!

December 2019: ???

Some sort of family thing? Picture of me and Jake. I had just gotten my hair cut.

December 2009: Florida

The Decker family took me along for their family vacation!

July 2008: Washington DC and Gettysburg PA and Sandusky OH and MI?

Big family road trip out east

2019: ???

Some sort of family thing? Picture of me and Jake. I had just gotten my hair cut.

May 2007: Chicago IL

The 8th grade trip I helped plan to Chicago

May? 2006: St. Louis, MO

The 7th grade trip I helped plan to St. Louis

December 2019: ???

Some sort of family thing? Picture of me and Jake. I had just gotten my hair cut.

December 2019: ???

Some sort of family thing? Picture of me and Jake. I had just gotten my hair cut.

December 2019: ???

Some sort of family thing? Picture of me and Jake. I had just gotten my hair cut.

December 2019: ???

Some sort of family thing? Picture of me and Jake. I had just gotten my hair cut.

December 2019: ???

Some sort of family thing? Picture of me and Jake. I had just gotten my hair cut.

December 2019: ???

Some sort of family thing? Picture of me and Jake. I had just gotten my hair cut.