Oh, yeah, this thing...
So, I've been a little busy/distracted, and I guess my blog has taken a low priority.
Continuing with adventures in Quebec:
The first day we toured some outcrops in the Rouyn-Noranda, area looking at some of the features we would need to be able to recognize in the following days.
We saw some neat stuff, including some well-formed basaltic pillows, as well as pepperite which formed at the edge of a flow (both appear below).
The really neat thing this day was crossing a beaver dam to get access to one of the outcrops; as you can see, it was a bit of a balancing act, and some people got wet feet in the crossing, but no one got really wet, so it worked out okay.
Here's a picture of the beaver lodge nearby, and a close up of it.
Unfortunately, after that there was very little time for pictures. The next day we did two mapping assignments, on very short time limits, one in the pouring rain. The following day we did some more touring of sites, and started our third mapping assignment, which we then finished the field portion of the next day. During this time we were pretty constantly on the go, out in the field from about 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. each day, and then working on assignments in the evening; I usually got to bed around midnight. It was a good experience, I learned a lot, but boy was it tiring.
On the Saturday, we looked at a couple of other outcrops, and then returned to Sudbury. I spent the rest of the day working on assignments, and then over-nighted in the same B&B that I covered in my last post. On the Sunday, we had a lecture in the morning, and then we were responsible for getting ourselves to Toronto in time to catch our early morning flight the next day. I traveled down with one of the other students, we worked on the assignments on the way there and at the hotel, before getting up at 4 a.m. Monday morning so that we could get through security in time to catch our 7 a.m. flight to New Mexico.
Next post: New Mexico (hopefully sooner rather than later).
Continuing with adventures in Quebec:
The first day we toured some outcrops in the Rouyn-Noranda, area looking at some of the features we would need to be able to recognize in the following days.
We saw some neat stuff, including some well-formed basaltic pillows, as well as pepperite which formed at the edge of a flow (both appear below).
The really neat thing this day was crossing a beaver dam to get access to one of the outcrops; as you can see, it was a bit of a balancing act, and some people got wet feet in the crossing, but no one got really wet, so it worked out okay.
Here's a picture of the beaver lodge nearby, and a close up of it.
Unfortunately, after that there was very little time for pictures. The next day we did two mapping assignments, on very short time limits, one in the pouring rain. The following day we did some more touring of sites, and started our third mapping assignment, which we then finished the field portion of the next day. During this time we were pretty constantly on the go, out in the field from about 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. each day, and then working on assignments in the evening; I usually got to bed around midnight. It was a good experience, I learned a lot, but boy was it tiring.
On the Saturday, we looked at a couple of other outcrops, and then returned to Sudbury. I spent the rest of the day working on assignments, and then over-nighted in the same B&B that I covered in my last post. On the Sunday, we had a lecture in the morning, and then we were responsible for getting ourselves to Toronto in time to catch our early morning flight the next day. I traveled down with one of the other students, we worked on the assignments on the way there and at the hotel, before getting up at 4 a.m. Monday morning so that we could get through security in time to catch our 7 a.m. flight to New Mexico.
Next post: New Mexico (hopefully sooner rather than later).
posted by Matt at 9:43 p.m.
2 Comments:
Yay for updates! I like reading about your adventures.
Yay! Someone commented! Adventures to continue soon. I also have to tell about my recent trip to Fort St. John.
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