Author Archives: Mark

I wrote a first draft of a personal statement for grad school application this morning. Now I am about to head out to find a place to camp near Granite Hot Springs. Weather is unseasonably warm (barely freezing at night) … Continue reading →

Kate was ill today. I spent the morning helping Chrissy collect water samples then went out in search of wells and water pipelines. I found about twice as many as I expected based on my map of the area, so … Continue reading →

Just added a new photo essay. Check it out here. Bright sunny day has quickly melted all traces of snow. We are planning on taking a hike – perhaps to Photographer’s Point – to make good use of our holiday.

Ryan wanted to check out the indoor climbing gym in Jackson today, so the three guys left in late morning and spent about 3 hours climbing on fake rock. Most routes were too tough for us rookies, especially Nick and … Continue reading →

I had a dream last night in which I got married – a prearranged marriage to a pretty lady who became a lot less pretty a day later. Not sure what the point of that was, but I know that … Continue reading →

Iowa Basics, AHSME, PSAT, SAT, ACT, SAT II, GRE, GRE Subject Test…. All completed, and no more on the horizon. Biology test went well, though it seemed a bit harder than the practice test, and I had to rush through … Continue reading →

Life has its ebbs and flows. This is an ebb. Not in a negative sense – simply in the sense that after solo hikes, ATV accidents, and 10-hour days, life has settled into a routine for the time being. Kate … Continue reading →

Days have become somewhat routine with the birdramp survey – more fun than lynx work because the project takes us to all corners of our million-acre area, but still not requiring much intelligence. Weather has been beautiful until today, when … Continue reading →

Too wet to drive the little roads today, and the snow stopped the mower so I couldn’t do the ATV work – so spent the day reading background material on lynx and doing statistical analyses on the lynx data on … Continue reading →

Too wet today to drive two-track roads in search of wells, so I worked on finalizing the lynx data in the morning. Josh gave me an assignment – take an ATV out to where Greg Reser is mowing sagebrush and … Continue reading →