The BIG TRIP was a seven-night trip to Dinosaur National Monument, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, and the South Pass area near Lander, Wyoming. The class also took two one-night trips to look at a dinosaur trackway, the Rio Grande Rift, volcanic rocks, Great Sand Dunes National Monument, and to look for ammonite and fish fossils. Day trips covered topics like glacial geology, the engineering and environmental geology of the Colorado Springs area, and rocks that weren't exposed in the field camp area. These pictures are from a trip to a dinosaur trackway in Colorado. The puddles are dinosaur footprints, and Christie is showing how far apart the footprints are spaced.
Field trips are fun, but they also mean work and study.
Students attended lectures on the outcrops, and often collected data and samples to use for assignments. During the parks trip, students also had writing assignments and required reading. After the trip, students were tested on concepts and topics covered at stops or during lectures. During the eight-day parks trip, kitchen helpers were there to cook meals, but during overnight trips the students prepared meals that had been sent along by the camp cook. Send me back to the Index Camp Life and Facitilies Living conditions at the camp can be challenging.