Week 1
Well it's the weekend again, and what a week it has been. Almost all of the week was spent doing various activities designed to get us familiar with H.J. Andrews Experimental forest, here shortened to just 'the Andrews'. These activities included a number of lectures by various professors, a whole afternoon of safety training, and my personal favorites, a number of field exercises and hikes through the woods. Yesterday we drove into Corvallis to OSU where we watched the professors present powerpoints of the summer projects they are leading. After that we had a BBQ at the house of the program director who also happens to be the professor who I will be working with. We then had to drive back to the Andrews making for quite a long day.
Since I've been very lax in my picture taking I've only got a few to put up. This is our bunk house, it is divided into four apartments each with 5 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen, and a large living/dining area. Our program has the two on the left, the other two are occupied by groups doing other research. I live on the top floor in the front so you can see my window!
On Thursday after safety training a number of us drove up the road to go for a hike along the McKenzie river. 
The hike was awesome, everything here is super green especially since they've had a really late winter. 
Its hard to tell because of the foam but the water was a great pure blue color, and very cold.
From Sunday to Wednesday we get to go rafting on the Deschutes river with a geology professor and learn tons of Geomorphology. After that we get back to the Andrews start the real work, and having to cook for ourselves. I'm really looking forward to starting the projects. For the data collection portion of my project we need to count fish and measure hydraulics so we're spending lots of time in the water, which means we get to use dry suits!
Since I've been very lax in my picture taking I've only got a few to put up. This is our bunk house, it is divided into four apartments each with 5 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen, and a large living/dining area. Our program has the two on the left, the other two are occupied by groups doing other research. I live on the top floor in the front so you can see my window!
On Thursday after safety training a number of us drove up the road to go for a hike along the McKenzie river. 
The hike was awesome, everything here is super green especially since they've had a really late winter. 
Its hard to tell because of the foam but the water was a great pure blue color, and very cold.
From Sunday to Wednesday we get to go rafting on the Deschutes river with a geology professor and learn tons of Geomorphology. After that we get back to the Andrews start the real work, and having to cook for ourselves. I'm really looking forward to starting the projects. For the data collection portion of my project we need to count fish and measure hydraulics so we're spending lots of time in the water, which means we get to use dry suits!
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