Day 2

We start our Friday adventures at the French Glen Potty. This is our only chance to potty for a very long time....

We also have a chance to look at the yellow-headed blackbirds.... 

And get a look at the pretty flowers...






Next we find ourselves at a cross section of an Aluvial Fan

Melinda gets in a fight with a chunk of Steen's Mountain Basalt....

..... and emerges victorious!!

Now we're off......

We turn on to a dirt road and stop.....we unload the vans and we are free to explore.

...Someone finds an arrowhead  ...Lynn finds the ephedra

Load em' up and move em' out......
Time to go fossil hunting at the Diatomacious Earth Beds

.....We found fossils..... 

And got diatomite in our shoes!!!

Now we are off to Borax Lake, our first test site.....

First things first, let's eat lunch....

..... And take a nap......

Now, on to more scientific things.....


 

Time to go...
As we come up and over the hill, we get a breathtaking view of the Alvord Desert...

We stop just long enough to take pictures and throw rocks down the hill at an old tire.

Back in the vans....

Here we are at Mickey Hot Springs, our second test site.... We get right down to business.....

Okay, maybe not RIGHT to business,
but it doesn't take us long.

It's time to move on, we must find a potty!
 
 

Ahhh, Mann Lake potty!

And the scenery is pretty too!

Time to go to Malhuer Cave....if we can find it....

Here it is!.....Complete with the Masons symbol at the top of the entrance

This is the only picture from the inside that turned out at all...

And now, the moment we've all been waiting for....
DINNER!!!

After a long, hard day in the field, we head back to our dorms for a good night sleep.




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