No time to write a thousand words, so I’ll just make this a quickie to point you to the photos I’ve uploaded from the trip so far. This morning after breakfast we depart Price, UT for Arches NP. Don’t know when we’ll have internet access again, so… Hasta Luego!
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I’m not into journaling, and we are getting ready to go, so I’ll try to keep this short. Only this past week and a half has been so full of activity, I’m not sure that’s possible, so I’ll give the main highs and lows. The main low point of the trip was our first night, it stormed, with hail, our tents got soaked, Denny, Jake, and I ended up sleeping in the van. There have been quite few high points to counter act that first night, including seeing all the cool geologic structures that we don’t get to see at home, playing ‘monkey in the middle’ Frisbee, visiting the dinosaur quarry in DNM, plus a lot of other things that don’t immediately come to mind. That’s all for now, see everyone when we get back to Hays. Lydia
Leaving Price,
The Ketobe knob turned out to be harder than everyone thought it was going to be. As far as the future holds Arches is up tonight and Moab this afternoon.
Jason_Alm
we finished up w/ the ketobe knob mapping yester day around 12:30, and finished w/ the project last night (about 12:30). the project was confusing at times as well as frustrating. the in field portion however was nice b/c of the scenery, very beutiful. the weather was also on the plus side, around 80 and sunny, no wind so to speak. the gnats on the other hand were terrible….we leave today for moab and then arches, so we have a lot of road time ahead of us. must get sleep.
marc
It is thursday the first of June and we are trying to get packed and get on the road to Moab. The mapping and cross section project in the San Rafael Swell kept some of us up till after 2:00 am and still had to fold and put away my laundry and so I stayed up till 3:00 am. The project could have gone better probobly, but I was not prepared to take the right measurements and wasn’t sure what to do with them or the cocorp data. Weather has been nice, but frustration was high.
J.J.
It’s been a fun and interesting week so far. I’ve learned a lot and enjoyed many of the places we’ve been to. I’ve especially enjoyed all of the paleontological related places we,ve been to. I even found my very first dinosaur bone in the field the other day; and I am very proud of that.
5-24-6
Camped away from split Mt. Can’t believe that I’m back after 8 years. So far the stops have been fun, found an entire plant at the insect stop. Tablets make writing difficult, but I’ll manage.
~DR
5-26-06
Day 4 of our mapping in Dinosaur. As of today Jake, Lydia and I have gone over the lower quadrant of the mapping area. So for out of 40 symbols I have 19 done and recorded in my field notebook. We went to Vernal, UT for a shower and fist food. Despite being lost in Wall-mart we got what we needed to finish our projects. Lydia and Jake bought some souvenirs from the Vernal Museum, one of which was a chipmunk finger Puppet to annoy the ones that have annoyed us. Payback’s a Witch. XD Despite our attempts for Flaming Chipmunk, they have avoided our skilled hunters. Much easier to wrote with these things now, technology is a pain sometimes. Now if only I could get the Weather on this they. T-storm is building, think I better sign oft for now. More as it develops.
I miss you all back home. Stay safe, and don’t have too much fun without me.
Later!
~DR
5-28-06
Our maps were turned in last morning and we spent today sleeping in. Ron let us have the day off so it was a day of sightseeing and full-contact Frisbee. Jake, Lydia and I were the first to turn our Projects in and right now we are sitting in front of our fire on our last night in Dinosaur Nat’l Monument. “I love turtles” is the phrase of the night to keep the fire at bay. As of now I have over 300 pictures to put on the blog, and the equipment is being picky. It’s late right now and the fire is getting low.
Later!
~DR
5-29-6
We are currently in Price, UT. Circe Dinosaur, WC arrived here early. EU (College of Eastern Utah has some nice dorms. If only the cook remembered we arrived today. Live start mapping Ketobe Knob tomorrow. The project is more challenging than Dinosaur und the risk seems to get higher. Move the any thing I can’t wait to get back home and start planning for Grad school and finding out how I’ll pay for my last year of Undergrad school. But that’s another set of worries.
Later!
~DR
Greetings from Colorado! (Sorry for choppy writing - posting from a field tablet on a slow connection.) Had a successful day yesterday climbing from Kansas into the Rockies. Got the first aid kit at REI (after a short wild goose chase in downtown Denver). Morrison & Alameda cuts were drier than last year; enjoyed by all. Got site at Heaton Bay CG okay, started to pitch tents and the heavens opened up on us - drenching rain, thunder, lightning, and even pea-sized hail at one point. Sought refuge in the vehicles until the worst blew over. Woke up this morning cold and wet, but moderately well rested. Light snow at Frisco and Vail Pass stops this morning, but clear and warmer weather for lunch at Hanging Lake. Glorious weather at Canyon Wind - got the full rundown on local geology and terrior from Norm Christianson himself. Will sleep well on the fresh sod at the RV Ranch tonight! Looking forward to Douglas Pass and setting up base camp in Dinosaur NM tomorrow. Next post probably from CEU in Price, UT on Memorial Day.
Have a gneiss week!
Ron
Welcome to the FHSU Geoscience Department’s new blog. Stay tuned for updates from the 2006 FHSU Geology Field Camp (as internet access permits) and much, much more!!!