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 ...