Sunday, September 07, 2003

Happily off to the land of no internet
This blog will be pretty blank for the month of September. But it's for good reason! I'm on my fifth geophysical science field course. 20 days of camping and seeing a part of the country that I've never been to. Wahoo! :o)

Schedule of Days – Montana Field Geology Course GEOS 24000
University of Chicago
September 7–26, 2003

Sunday, September 7th
- 6pm – meeting in HGS 176 for equipment pickup and final preparations

Monday, September 8th (Driving time = 13 hours)
- Drive!
- Set up camp in Badlands, SD

Tuesday, September 9th
- Hike in Badlands
- Activities and discussion of Badlands NP, SD

Wednesday, September 10th (Driving time = 4 hours)
- 8.30am – Leave Badlands for Devils tower
- Drive to Devils Tower National Monument
(It was raining so hard so we kept on driving and didn't stop more than 20 minutes)

Thursday, September 11th (Driving time = 10 hours)
- Drive to Judith Landing, MT

Friday, September 12th
-Judith Landing, MT

Saturday, September 13th
-Judith Landing, MT

Sunday, September 14th
-Judith Landing, MT

Monday, September 15th
- Transit to McNulty Bottoms

Tuesday, September 16th
-McNulty Bottoms, MT

Wednesday, September 17th (Mapping Day 1)
- Field Mapping Project
-McNulty Bottoms, MT

Thursday, September 18th (Mapping Day 2)
- MAP
-McNulty Bottoms, MT

Friday, September 19th (Mapping Day 3)
- MAP
-McNulty Bottoms, MT

Saturday, September 20th (Mapping Day 4)
-McNulty Bottoms, MT

Sunday, September 21st (Driving time = 5 hours)
– Leave McNulty Bottoms, MT
- Explore geology of Stillwater Complex
- Set up camp in Gallatin National Forest
-Overnight in Gallatin National Forest near Nye, MT

Monday, September 22nd (Driving time = 6 hours)
Morning
– Leave camp for Mammoth Hot Springs
- Drive to Yellowstone
- Mammoth Hot Springs hike and geology
- Cabins at Mammoth, WY overnight in Yellowstone

Tuesday, September 23rd
- Drive to Grand Tetons National Park, WY
- Cabins in Grand Tetons
- Hike at Jenny Lake

Wednesday, September 24th
- Activities in Grand Tetons NP, WY

Thursday, September 25th (Driving time = 12 hours)
Morning
- 8.30am – Leave Grand Tetons NP/Jenny Lake
- Drive!
- set up camp near Lake McConaughy/Ogallala, NE

Friday, September 26th (Driving time = 13 hours)
- Drive!
- Arrive in Chicago late!

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