Weekend with Earthies

What would you think would generally happen if you were to stick a bunch of earth science teachers in the middle of the Sonoran desert with a bit of spare time on their hands? They go stir crazy and find nerdy earth science teachery things to do! Like swap rocks and minerals from back home and have Scott explain exactly how each and every one of them formed. And he'll know it too.

Give them digital cameras and a bit of software and they'll do worse.

We hiked, ate, spelunked, ate, bought stuff, ate, sat on donkeys, ate, panned for gemstones, ate, climbed to the tops of cool mountains, ate, drove the wrong way up Mount Lemmon, ate and did laundry when we got back to the dorm. And we ate. A bunch.

This is what we saw.

The ASARCO Copper Mine
Biosphere 2
Cactus!
Colossal Cave & Ranch
The Desert Museum
Hiking
Kartchner Cave
Saguaro National Park