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I have lived most of my life in Upstate New York between Lake Ontario, the Adirondack Mountains and the Finger Lakes. The silly picture of me on this post shows me floating down the Black River in Watertown, NY. I was leading a group of my students on our annual white water rafting trip and we all

• The sun comes shining as I was strolling The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling The fog was lifting a voice come chanting This land was made for you and me… Thanks Woody Guthrie* Recalling my last journal entry regarding the big dilemma of sand bags - how do we move 60+/- pound

June 16, 2008 – House Mouse Talk about a change of pace. Today I spent the day in sweatpants and fluffy slippers at 65 deg. in the climate controlled Big House. Today was House Mouse day! Everybody who spends time at Summit Camp signs up for a day to be the House Mouse. Craig Clements and I held the

Polar Date 6/16/08 This journal is a practice audio journal which will be sent to Kristin for the webinar later this week. When we are in the field, we will be posting journals, audio, video and pictures to document the work, the people and the experiences of field research. My hope is to make the

June 15, 2008 – Happy Fathers Day Happy Father’s Day to all you fathers out there and a special happy father’s day to one dad in particular…my dad! The wind lashed at my tent throughout the night as the fabric popped and cracked under the strain. When I finally got up the nerves to leave the

*I need to laugh, and when the sun is out I've got something I can laugh about I feel good, in a special way I'm in love and it's a sunny day Good day sunshine Good day sunshine Good day sunshine ... Thank you Beatles! * WHERE IS THE SCIENCE? ARE YOU ON VACATION? I am sure some of you are asking

June 14, 2008 – Flag Day The predicted storm found its way nearer to us this morning. Snow has been blowing and drifts building all day. The temperature has remained relatively warm but the wind continues to increase. According to our amateur meteorologist Tony, we should have 35 knot winds by 3:00