Colorado is awesome

Just look at these clouds!!!! Mountain pics to follow.

Oh hello Kansas

How I missed your flatness...

Field camp 2015

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Round 3! Departed right on time this morning (5 am) and we're on our way!

Buggy friend in MO

Awesome hats, bears, zzz

Dear Steph and Val!

Here's a picture of the hat I got!! I think it's super cool! And there's wire in the brim so I can bend it any which way I want!

Tonight we're camping outside of west Yellowstone! I'm in my hammock, and I think I'll be quite warm tonight! Woo!!!! Today I saw SIX BEARS. Three grizzlies and three black bears! And two foxes! And an eagle!!!! I love Yellowstone. As we've been driving through some of the national parks I've been thinking about how great they are. What a fantastic idea, what incredible places. It's true that they get kind of crowded, but I can't help but admire the fact that they draw so many people. I love it.

Am super super pooper tired. <3

Nooreen

Tetons!

Merf!

We're in Teton national park right now, getting ready to do a quaternary exercise. That means we're looking at really recent glacial deposits, and this area is perfect for it! There are glaciers comin off the Tetons, and a huge terminal moraine (pile of rocks at the end of a glacier) from an older glacier that came down through the valley here. I'll see if I can get a good perspective photo so you can see what I'm talking about. Students were pretty grumpy yesterday - not going to lie, it made me pretty grumpy too. It's a new day though, and the Tetons are beautiful! Hopefully no one drops a boulder on their mapping partner's hand this year. Eek.

Hope you're having a lovely post-graduation summer!!!

Love, Nooreen 

Farewell Red Lodge...

Dear Farah,

Today was my last full day in Red Lodge, Montana. It might be my most favorite place we stay during field camp, second possibly only to wildhorse (which I'll have to write about later). We graded while the students got a day off, and this year managed to finish in what I think is record time!! Downtown Red Lodge is fun, it's where I got one of my super cool hats! Today I went into a metal working shop - Greg would like it I think! Tomorrow we drive to Jackson, Wyoming so I should get some sleep. I hope the end of the school year is going well! Should be done soon, right? Talk to you later!

Love, Nooreen