Art & Science at ESA!!

I attended a lunch workshop put on by folks involved in the Ecological Reflections network who are creating/promoting collaborations between art, humanities and science at Long Term Ecological Research sites across the country. Check it out!!
http://www.ecologicalreflections.com/

camping at Cove Palisades

this is a pretty sweet state park in central Oregon

15 mile round trip hike to Jasper Lake, Montana today (with full packs)

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=jasper+lake,+montana&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x534ee6a63e3ff33b:0x5e923cc523f07bfa,Jasper+Lake&gl=us&ei=TC8SULGxCIOk8ATcnIDQCg&ved=0CIcBELYD

yep, it's in the middle of nowhere!

mountain country!

this was our view yesterday during our hike to Mule Lake in the Beartooth Mountains

summer giggles

gearing up!

a selection of the gear i'm gathering for my upcoming adventures!

Soon I'll be headed to Montana (Beartooths and Glacier NP), Portland, SanFran, and then probably back east!

thinking about Maine winter when it's 100 degrees in Ohio...

 Teaching youngins about lake sampling through an ice fishing hole

Showing them how to use a disolved oxygen meter and why oxygen is important