30 Days on a Mountain

June 26 Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Lab"

June 25 "Two flat tires"

“Goodbye WMRS Crooked Creek”

“Goodnight Campito”

June 23 [Part 3]

June 23 [part 2]

June 23 [part 1]

June 22

June 21

June 20

June 19

*To be honest, this picture was taken on the 13th, but my buddy Derek Bays sent it to me today, and wanted to share! Today I didn’t really take many pictures, so it worked out.

So Mom, here are some alpine wildflowers I picked on the side of a cliff, and Ashley, here’s the closest thing to a heart-shape rock I could find. I love you and miss you both!

“Crusted Eyes, Messy Hair, and Nobody Cares” All I need is my cup of coffee, a hearty breakfast, 4 Liters of water filled, and a lunch packed, and I’m good to go. I believe that God’s greatest gift to us is salvation, but the coffee bean is a runner up.  Well…this is my first morning here at the Crooked Creek research center. It used to be a naval facility in the late 1940′s! In these mountains, scientists tested infrared devices… a pretty important discovery in my opinion… making this facility very special. In the 1980′s, University of California bought it, and now people like me get to use it.

CONS: -less oxygen -no cell signal -extremely limited internet service -beer is 2 hours away

“The Day We’ve All Been Waiting For” LAUNDRY DAYYYYYYY!!!!! Well, technically it’s our day off, but it’s not worth fighting for the one washing machine and one dryer at the research facility, so a group of us went down to wash our clothes and grab a beer at Rusty’s Saloon across the street! And pardon the suggestive washboard, but it deserved some attention.In the picture is my buddy Noe Lopez; one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet...

“Third Map Down, Three to Go” This is the PERFECT way to spend my evening after completing my third map project. The Black Point project was uniquely difficult, I must say, and this sunset sucked the stress right out of me. Tomorrow is a day off, and our time at WMRS Biship is comingto an end! When I took this shop, some of my buddies playing volleyball in the sand court behind me. it was quite a glorious night.