field camp week 3 – cedar city hazards mapping

05/27/24 -06/01/24

doug’s week! we did basically a whole bunch of hazards mapping, which was a nice break from bedrock mapping 🙂

day 1

first day we spent out at quail creek res looking at the dam and surrounding geology to predict why the dam failed (evaporites!)

we swam on day 1 and then came back after another day’s work nearby! it was sooooo nice!!!

day 2

today we went back to the gap to look at 3 canyons (including coal canyon) and 4 total potential dam sites. it was cool 🙂 I was dead tired for some reason though, which was tough!!

parker, dylan, and I were in a group but we took no pics 😦

actually I took only like 3 pics the entire day!! wtf

day 3

today started soooo fun and then got like absolutely miserable and hotter than hell

we went to silver reef where they used to mine for silver and other things, and there were like a million mines, it was sick

we climbed into a couple little abandoned mines and it was hilariously fun

we saw so many old mine shafts that had been covered up, it was pretty cool. but this was one of my hardest days of field camp because of how hot it was. it was also the only day I drank all of my water before the day was over. still very fun and cool, but man, it was tough! thankfully, we went swimming back at quail creek res after 🙂

we tried to make a star with our feet lol

day 4

back to silver reef to finish up!

it was a much better day today!

day 5

good morning pic I sent Jordan at like 6.45 🙂

today was pretty fun, we were landslide mapping up I forget the name of the canyon. me and hayley worked together, which was super fun, esp bc we had some venting to do…

a very cool boulder which had bounced down from the side of the mountain and left huge impressions! in doug’s words, it was pretty fucking cool

ironic sign 🙂 (it got smacked by a rock… probably)

doug educated us on the 5 waves of emo, and I have been converted – esp by 1st wave

we also went to dinner at a mexican restaurant, which was slightly awkward for some reason, but overall very fun 🙂

this was our last night, so we played some cards, and doug joined us 🙂 it was super fun!! we also saw a ufo??? or at least some rocket launch that was kind of crazy!!

I was so excited to see Jordan and be home, but also so bizarrely sad about the week ending.

day 6

we were supposed to go do another half day project this morning, but ended up not doing it! doug was worried people would be upset we stayed the night before when we didn’t need to, but I think we were all just glad to be going home!

me home with ghosty and like, really sad for some reason. it was just a huge shift from camping with the same group and working hard and having fun and being tired, to going home and barely talking over the weekend

I have stories, but I’m not sure if I can share them publicly lol. that’s how you know it was a good week!

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