Check out all the pics from Field Camp!

Inks Lake, Llano, TX
Palo Duro, Canyon, TX
Taos, NM
Sunset Crater, AZ
North Rim, Grand Canyon, AZ



The view from the lodge.







This was the Kaibab trail that we hiked.






I swear this thing looks almost like a Twin Gods statue.


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Check out all the pics from Field Camp!

Inks Lake, Llano, TX
Palo Duro, Canyon, TX
Taos, NM
Sunset Crater, AZ
North Rim, Grand Canyon, AZ


Yes, believe it or not, this is a gas station.


Sunset Crater is a big dormant volcano with a lot of recent lavaflows.








Tried to get the sunset but it was blurry.




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Check out all the pics from Field Camp!

Inks Lake, Llano, TX
Palo Duro, Canyon, TX
Taos, NM
Sunset Crater, AZ
North Rim, Grand Canyon, AZ















I found an old friend laying here.

Check out all the pics from Field Camp! If anyone can brighten the pics of the doe below, I'll be very very very grateful!

Inks Lake, Llano, TX
Palo Duro, Canyon, TX
Taos, NM
Sunset Crater, AZ
North Rim, Grand Canyon, AZ


We passed some massive windmills on the way to Palo Duro. There were a lot of them, too!





I thought this one came out great!



Palo Duro is the 2nd largest canyon in America, and is located near Amarillo.

Check out all the pics from Field Camp!

Inks Lake, Llano, TX
Palo Duro, Canyon, TX
Taos, NM
Sunset Crater, AZ
North Rim, Grand Canyon, AZ







The view of the lake from one of the hikes.








I really liked this river shot.



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Monday will be the first day of a four-week long camping and hiking trip. It's a requirement for my graduation called 'Field Geology', more commonly known as 'Field Camp'. It's a summer course where we go out to Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona doing mapping projects - basically looking at the structure of the geology out there and then putting it down on a map.

Yes, we actually use colored pencils. (Which it's strange that you actually cannot find any at Wal-Mart of all places.)

Anyway, I just wanted to let you all know that after Monday, May 10th, I will be on this trip and will have little access to the internet. I may occasionally get to jump on someone's laptop, but for the most part I'll have to limit my time to e-mail and Facebook.

And yes, I will be taking a lot of pictures, and I will show them on here. This will be my first time ever in the southwest United States. I've been to Washington state but we flew there, so I never was really 'in' the states we flew over. I've been to San Antonio, Texas, but never past there, so it'll be a first to be in New Mexico and Arizona.

Here's where I will be at:



B - Ink's Lake, Llano, Texas
C - Palo Duro, Canyon, Texas
D - Rio Grande Recreation Center, Taos, New Mexico
E - Sunset Crater, Flagstaff, Arizona
F - North Rim, Grand Canyon, Arizona

Stops on the way home -

G - Albequerque, New Mexico
H - Austin, Texas

We literally climb down the Grand Canyon!

Also check out the virtual tour of Field Camp and what we get to do!

So anyway, after Monday I'll disappear from the Internet for a month. Look for my return around June 4th. XD



Geologist-in-training, babeh!

(First writing of my new baddie, Nekumbra. Just wanted to try out a short story featuring her.)

The Grotto of Sorrow was a place tucked away into the deepest parts of the forest. It was a place where many elder deer knew not to venture, for it was aptly named and well avoided.

It was a place where those who were foolish enough to venture in would not be seen again. Many have claimed to hear screams come from the trees there, and that alone was enough to send them running away. Countless times, the does warned their young not to go anywhere near it, and fortunately most of them obeyed and stayed away.

There were many times, though, where the fawns disobeyed, and went into the Grotto. Those were days of mourning, the loss of a young was always a deep pain to bear.

The elders had never considered exploring the Grotto as a team - the fear of death there was much too terrible for them. Therefore, many myths were spoken as to what was in the Grotto. Some believed that there was a pit that those who ventured in would fall into, plummeting eternally into the center of the land. Others thought that perhaps it was the home of Iugulare, the terrible stoat that fought against the Talux of the Endless Forest. There was not an answer, and none of them wanted to find out the truth.

On a particularly warm day, a fawn wandered around the forest, looking for his mother, calling out to her. He was tired, and walking into a clearing, he sat and rested his legs. Looking around, he did not really know where he was. This place was completely new to him.

"Hello there, little one.", a voice said nearby. The fawn looked to see a lovely doe standing there, standing out of the sunlight.

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Thanks to z.m123 for this awesome edit!