http://www.fhsu.edu/geo/blog Fort Hays State University Department of Geosciences Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:31:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Monday, May 21, 2007 near Morrison, CO - After about five plus hours on the highway (with a lunch stop in Limon, CO) we finally arrived at our first geological stops on the west side of Denver. Our first stop was the spectacular I-70 roadcut south of Morrison, CO. The ... http://www.fhsu.edu/geo/blog/?p=20 [Note: Due to the demands of field work and sporadic internet access I'm beginning to chronicle camp with about a two week delay. I'll try to keep the posts in chronological order, but the events portrayed are not "live".] Monday, May 21, 2007 Hays, KS - So here's the official ... http://www.fhsu.edu/geo/blog/?p=19 Field Camp 2007 is off and running. No time to post more at the moment. Check back in a couple of days and hopefully we'll get some photos and a more complete update up here. Ron http://www.fhsu.edu/geo/blog/?p=18 There are a pair of articles by Alexei Barrionuevo in today's New York Times that touch on issues very close to home here in western Kansas. The first, Crop Rotation in the Grain Belt details the decline of wheat in the Plains states at the expense of corn and soybeans. ... http://www.fhsu.edu/geo/blog/?p=17 6-7-6 As it stands now, I have the Coal-Ridge project completed. Considering I was up late last night to finish. Yesterday I took a spill down the side of a hill and now have a 2 inch laceration along my right arm. I was so clumsy yesterday. ... http://www.fhsu.edu/geo/blog/?p=16 Oh, have we got photos! Yes photos! Photos of rocks! Photos of geology campers! Big hike today. Should be lots more photos tomorrow. Ron http://www.fhsu.edu/geo/blog/?p=15 6-5-6 Well, 2 out of 3 Durango projects are, shall we say out of the way. I passed the coal Bridge assignment, and finish the Coal Ridge one tonight. Our next project will take 2.5 days to do, not counting touching it up, turning it in and then spending ... http://www.fhsu.edu/geo/blog/?p=14 6-4-6 To day started our trek through the Durango projects. This time started as usual with Josh, Jason and Mark going off and Jake and Lydia or the other side. This trim however, I was on my own. I had lost Grandpa’s rebar rock hammer but luckily it was ... http://www.fhsu.edu/geo/blog/?p=13 6-3-6 We are currently in Durango, CO. Tomorrow we start our hardest part of this trip by doing 3 separate projects around this area. The two that scare me most are the Ones that are due at the end of the field day. This is why I’m worried. ... http://www.fhsu.edu/geo/blog/?p=12 6-1-6 The sky around Arches is amazing! We traveled from Price to Arches Nat’l Park today in 90° Weather. Several stops today: Dead horse Point for lunch, Arches for camp, and as many sights that we could squeeze into a day. Once we hit Cortez, CO, this ... http://www.fhsu.edu/geo/blog/?p=11