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good morning from custer national forest



while we were car camping, waking up in the morning reminded me of the month long geology field camp i took through the University of Arizona. This picture is taken looking northeast towards Black Pyramid Mountain. It was a pleasure to open up my tent to this in the morning.

camping in the custer national forest



after finishing our drive over Beartooth Pass, we found a nice wide open 2-3 acres to camp in approximately 6 miles into the Custer National Forest. With Lost Picket Creek flowing into Rock Creek northeast of camp, the requirement for relaxing, natural white noise was met. A campsite that I would return to if I had the chance. The ride in was a little bumpy, but the mighty mighty crv and its fantastic clearance gave it just enough room to clear a couple emergent rocks.

A dear friend, Mark Trees, whom I spent an amazing month of geosciences field camp in Utah and Nevada has run into some legal issues in Brazil.

via USAToday

Three U.S. graduate students arrested last month for suspected poaching and visa violations could be stranded in a remote corner of Brazil for months as their case goes through the courts, their lawyer says.

University of Arizona geoscientists Michael McGlue, 31, and Mark Trees, 48, and University of Minnesota-Duluth student Kelly Wendt, 26, were arrested by federal police June 16 while working on a climate change project with the University of the State of Sao Paulo. The Americans spent eight nights in jail before being released on bail June 26. Police confiscated their passports as well as computers, research equipment, cellphones and cash.

Roberto Lins, the men's Brazilian lawyer, says the students may not go before a judge for six months and could face up to five years in prison if convicted of illegally prospecting for minerals.

The researchers "had permission, but everything was very informal," Lins said. They did not have "written permission" to do research in the Pantanal region, one of the world's largest freshwater wetlands.

Foreign poachers have long stolen minerals, plants and wildlife from Brazil's Pantanal region, says Larry Birns of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs. At a time of heightened nationalism, "trafficking commodities is a very sensitive matter," he said.

The men entered the country on tourist visas. Researchers are required to obtain scientific visas.

In a phone interview from their hotel room in Corumba, the remote southwest city where they are staying, the men said they were preparing their defense, which includes letters of support from Brazilian scientific groups. The University of Arizona is paying their expenses.

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my friend, laura, has commenced her 500 to 800 mile bike (and now apparently bus) ride of the pacific coast highway. follow her journey as she heads south through oregon and into california. while they have already run into some tire issues, it seems as though it should be quite an experience.

I am interrupting my series of short stories from my trip to Yellowstone to put my 1 to 4 followers on notice about Melanie Fiona. Watch and listen as she teams up with musical genius Questlove from the Roots to cover Kanye West's "Heartless"

Darwin's view of Beartooth Pass

Indeed, Laura's young Plott Hound made our trip that much cuter. Here she is looking over beartooth pass wondering where she can dig her next hole.

the real moose drool

Our second moose encounter took place in the beginning of our drive up Beartooth Pass. I figured it would be fitting for me to pay homage to some of Missoula's finest brew by posing with this lady moose.

mama moose


young moose



Towards the end of our eastward trek through the northern portion of YNP, we encountered a mama moose and her "mooslet" foraging through the brush. I have seen a female moose in passing in the Sleeping Child Creek drainage, but not this close and for this long. We kept our distance and close proximity to the vehicle as we snapped pictures, as an angry moose would not be the most enjoyable of experiences.

Continuing our drive across the northern portion of YNP from Gardiner, MT to Cooke City, MT, we came across a major "bear jam". So early in our trip, I certainly did not expect much - a coyote, pronghorn, bison, or mule deer. All exciting species to see, but, no bear. However, I was surprised to see the park ranger's corralling the masses into safe viewing areas. This means it can be only one of two things: bears or wolves. Indeed, we were greeted by a mama black bear and two of her cubs. My first bears since coming out to Montana (no need for any bear defense techniques).