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Traveling Home Flying with the Air National Guard involves loading checked bags and luggage the day before the flight. All cargo is loaded into big wooden crates that are strapped all over, so that nothing slips around. We had a 6:45 a.m. breakfast run and then a passport check. Finally at 8:30

I thought I would use this journal to discuss the type of equipment we will be using and what they will measure, along with some definitions of terms used to describe the field sites. To obtain many of these measurements we need electricity and circuit boards to capture data over an extended period

Land of Many Resources Wyoming is blessed with beauty and natural resources. The Tetons and Yellowstone geysers are a testament to this. Wind, also a Wyoming resource, has just arrived at Wyoming's doorstep, to help us in a time of great need. I read just the other day in the New York Times that

"The Earth Laughs in Flowers" ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson I have always thought that Ralph put to words what I feel whenever I gaze upon a field of flowers, radiating, sometimes brilliant and sometimes subtle colors, making me want to drink deeply. ## Big Sage Country Our hike up to Cliff Creek Falls

Fire Suppression In the early 1900's, the United States started a war on wildfire. Fire suppression became federal policy to combat wildfire in order to protect both western towns and as well as the lumber industry's assets. Smokey the Bear was hence born who then was tasked with carrying the

Alpine Tundra This is what the top of the world feels like. Herds of elk quietly munching the alpine tundra's grasses and forbs, which have finally been released from the winter's snow. Vistas so large that they swallow your sense of being. ## Close Encounters with Mega Fauna To avoid the crowds