Author Archives: Mark

New house phone: 541-754-1201Address:4715 SW Nash Ave.Corvallis, OR 97333 You can always find this at my contact page. Feels a bit more like school today after my morning lab meeting and several hours spent reviewing physics. Ali, Kyle, and I … Continue reading →

The Subaru is in the shop today, and the initial report indicates something amiss in the engine (oil and air getting into the coolant). I suspect head gaskets, but I won’t know until they take the engine apart tomorrow. If … Continue reading →

I arrived at 10:30 am on Thursday, Sept. 11 after 1800 miles and four days on the road. It was a beautiful drive, and by the third day I was wishing I had farther to go. The Subaru worked well … Continue reading →

One month and four days since my last post, I write again. The bird work is now a distant memory, and I have just completed my fourth week of vegetation surveys on Chippewa Prairie near Milan, MN. I am working … Continue reading →

Far too long has it been since I last updated my online journal – the only journal of any kind that I keep these days. My job with the DNR started on June 4, and I have been driving across … Continue reading →

I spent most of the last two days exploring the cities by bike with Jenna. I rode along the river, through Hidden Falls park, to Jenna’s house yesterday morning, and our tour included the Stone Arch bridge, Surdyk’s wine shop, … Continue reading →

It’s been awhile since I last posted, and it seems I’ve been busy in that time. The last week of burn crew was spent on the road in western Minnesota, burning near Ortonville, Morris, Madison, and Pipestone. The highlight was … Continue reading →

Yesterday I worked 14.5 hours, from 8 am to 11 pm with a half hour for lunch. We burned 100 acres of Kellogg-Weaver Dunes, a beautiful collection of prairie-covered sand dunes in the Mississippi valley south of Wabasha. I was … Continue reading →

I spent last night in a hotel in Kasson, Minnesota after burning Iron Horse prairie near Hayfield yesterday. Iron Horse is a 30-acre remnant that was once enclosed and protected by a railroad wye. The tracks are gone now, but … Continue reading →

Last night was Michele’s birthday dinner at the Happy Gnome. I had two glasses of amazingly tasty beer (Schell Einbecker Doppelbock and Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter) which left me rather tipsy though not too drunk to enjoy the equally … Continue reading →