Part of the group in Nevada on the pass before crosoing over into the Lake Tahoe Basin
Part of the group posing along the above Lake Tahoe in Nevada.
On a field trip it is not just what you learn, it is how you look while you learn...
The group waving from the cliff above the beach near Trinidad CA.
Aother group picture from the cliffs above the beach south of Trinidad CA.
Students listening to an outside lecture after the rain has stopped.
It was colder than some students expected in California but they had fun anyway.
A student after her chores are done in camp at dusk.
That is why northern California is so green.... rain, rain, rain.
still more rain, but sunshine inside...
Still raining...
Ms LeFluer talks to the grad students from San Francisco State in the parking lot at Mt Lassen Summit.
The next few photos show the geology we studied on the trip.
The Seirra Nevada Batholith with "baked" sediments on top as seen from Mt Rose Summitt, Nv.
Granite boulders along the lakeshore in Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park.
Students learned why Tahoe is one of the clearest lakes in the world.
Students inside the inclined shaft on the Empire Mine in Empire Mine State Park.
Students learn why small amounts of H2S is called "rotten egg gas",
Still stinks....
Chaos Jumbles, a volcanically induced landslide at Mt. Lassen.
Group comes out of a lava tube in the basalt flows north of Mt Lassen.
Lava flow near the Cinder Cone in the northeast corner of Lassen National Park.
Dr. Lisa White talks about rocks acreted to the west coast of North America and exposed on the beach near Trinidad, California..
Terry explains coastal geologic features in Humbolt Lagoons State Park near Orick, CA.
The group moves to study rocks along the Trinidad State Beach, Ca.
Beach terrace near Trinidad California.
Sea Cliff near Trinidad, CA.
Students look for pebbles in a steam that empties on to the beach.
Taking notes and finding rocks on the beach near Trinidad CA.
Studing rocks on the beach near Trinidad, CA.
Show me the rocks you have found
Sea stacks along the beach south of Trinadad
Is the habitat where redwoods are foundrelated to geology?
Ranger Joe Alexander explains the geology of Oregon Caves.
Ranger Joe explains how the cave was formed by acidic groundwater which dissolved the passageways that became the cave.
Walking the trail to Oregon Cave.
Group at the entrance to Oregon Cave.
Vulcan's eye, a flow featue within the volcnic flows on the side of Lassen, a volcano.
Beside studing we had lots of fun as these photos show.
Ready to launch a snow ball.
Snow was really flying during this battle.
Snowball incoming....
Duck....
Many of the students from New Orleans had never been in a snowball fight before.
Snowball duel
The reflection of the snowball fight shows in her glass
Climbing the snow covered hill
Still climbing up...
The snow is deep. It buried the outhouses which have since been dug out.
What goes up must come down.... sliding
Rolling down...
Double rolling....
Walking down down hill slow.....
Instructors watch the snowball fight. Where are the male instructors, you ask. Throwing snowballs of course.
Afternoon refreshment
Sliding down the hill
Setting up camp
Staking down the tent.
Staking down the tent
Ms. LeFluer putting up a tent.
Meal Time, the best time in camp
Delicious Jambalaya
Making lunches before we leave camp in the morning
Dr. Terry makes his lunch.
double meat, double cheese makes a great sandwich.
Early morning rain in camp
A garbage bag makes a good rain coat
Look, all dry inside.
Even a little time to read a book in camp.
Our trip started with an overnight stay in Carson City Nevada.
Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park
Lake Tahoe from Nevada State Highway 431 on the west side of Mt. Rose Summit.
Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park
Lake Tahoe and Incline Village from Nevada State Highway 431 on the west side of Mt. Rose Summit.
Empire Mine State Park, CA.
Mine Shop, Empire Mine State Park, CA.
Ore Car, Empire Mine State Park, CA.
Mine Office Buildings, Empire Mine State Park, CA.
Sulfur Works, Lassen National Park, CA.
Lassen Peak from the south entrance, Lassen National Park, CA.
Vulcan's Eye, Lassen Summit, Lassen National Park, CA.
glacial valley, south side of Lassen National Park, CA.
Tree, Lassen Summit, Lassen National Park, CA.
Lassen Peak and Lake near the north entrance Lassen National Park, CA..
Smoke from a controlled burn near the Cinder Cone, Lassen National Park, CA.
Smoke from a controlled burn near the Cinder Cone, Lassen National Park, CA.
Trinity River, east of Eureka, CA
Rock on the Beach south of Trinidad, CA
Sea Stacks (rocks) near Trinidad, CA.
Wild rose with rain drops on it from rose blooming along beach terraces, Humboldt Lagoons State Park, near Orick, CA
Stormy Coast, sea stacks near Trinidad CA.
Coast south of Trinidad CA.
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park and Redwood National Park near Cresent City CA.
Redwoods National Park near Klamath, Ca
flower near the Grandfather Tree, Redwood National Park south of Klamath, CA
Elk, on Davison Rd, Prairie Creek Redwood State Park and Redwood National Park
Fern Canyon, Prairie Creek Redwood State Park and Redwood National Park
Fern Canyon, Prairie Creek Redwood State Park and Redwood National Park
Fern Canyon, Prairie Creek Redwood State Park and Redwood National Park
Fern Canyon, Prairie Creek Redwood State Park and Redwood National Park
Road in Redwood National Park near Klamath, CA
Simpson-Reed Grove near Cresent City Ca, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park and Redwood National Park
Simpson-Reed Grove near Cresent City Ca, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park and Redwood National Park
Smith River National Recreation Area, Six Rivers National Forest near Basquet, CA
Entrance to Oregon Caves, Oregon Caves National Monument, OR
Oregon Caves National Monument, OR
waterfall, Oregon Caves National Monument, OR
Cascade Mts from Crater Lake Road, Crater Lake National Park, OR
Wizard Island, Crater Lake National Park, OR
Crater Lake National Park, OR
Wizard Island, Crater Lake National Park, OR
at twilight
Tree and seacliff nrar Trinidad Ca
Glacial boulder, Lassen National Park, CA
The annual trip in June 2005 went to extreme western Nevada, Northern California and Southern Oregon. This gallery contains images taken on that trip.
Out of the frame there is a snowball fight going on.
Here we learned aboutr the geology of the Sierra Nevada Gold Mines.
Here the students are at the Sulfur Works in Lassen National Park.
The mountain in the background is Chaos Crags, a volcanic feature called a dacite dome, on the side of Mt Lassen.
The limestone in which the caves formed was deposisted far out in the ocean basin, was acreated to North America and then upifted.
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The annual trip in June 2005 went to extreme western Nevada, Northern California and Southern Oregon. This gallery contains images taken on that trip.
