Something About Rocks

Time to go home. This trip has been great, but I'm so tired. This trip has been so very educational, but also very draining. It's be...

Just pictures again. I'm suffering serious sleep deprivation at the moment and can't think. But I can pick up a camera and snap pic...

 Devils Tower! This was great. We all wore silly aluminum foil hats and scared the other tourists. If a picture is worth a thousand words, ...

The trip did in fact change. Though there was no snow on the ground this morning, there was still a nasty band of ice and snow heading fo...

What a trying day. The tent was covered in six inches of snow this morning when we crawled out. I cannot believe it did not collapse on us...

Let's take a break from geology for a minute. I have several pictures of the wildlife in Yellowstone that might be more interesting to...

I was sick, so I barely remember anything about this day. In fact, I think I slept the entire time I was in the van. Fortunately , I have...

Bear Lake State Park—cows to the left, big lake to the right. It was so windy and cold during te night. I missed my sweet Georgia humidi...

Utah was far greener than I expected.  The Wasatch Front  gave me a view of new geomorphic features—triangular facets, flat irons, and a l...

Smile- this is awesome! We made it to the Book Cliffs and studied the stratigraphy of an outcrop in Tusher Canyon. This was a task—s...

Today is the day Dr. Cruzen has been waiting for—the annular eclipse.  We made a mad dash to get to a location that would offer exceptiona...

Since we set up camp in the dark the night before, I was surprised by my surroundings when the sun came up on day two. We were in the Ouac...

It’s only the first day of this trip and I am already blown away by how much I just don’t know.  Within the first few hours I was searchin...