Lunch preparations are put out each morning so we can make our own sandwiches. There is always a variety of items to choose from - tuna, cold meats, peanut butter and jelly, apple or almond butter, and hummus. There are also sliced carrots and celery as well as apples, oranges, bananas, cookies and trail mix or chips. Mapping in the Wallowa Mountains is a full-time business. Bring your AGI datasheets to help in those plutonic classifications.
Evenings are a time for quiet reflection on the day's mapping.
It's also a great time to see what exactly it was that you mapped that day and what needs to be done. Working in groups, you'll be able to compare notes and ideas. Sometimes you just have to go the extra mile to reach that darned outcrop. Snow in the upper reaches of the Wallowas or the Canyon Mountain area can stay until late July. As an introduction to the geology that students will be mapping, the students do a plane table and alidade mapping project in which part of the focus is on the local stratigraphy.