RODEO

Posted by Alyssa Howlett , Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:30 PM

I have been to a rodeo.

It was quite an experience, and was really fun. I of course have to dress the part, so I got myself a hat and busted it out for the rodeo. A bunch of us dawned out western gear and headed to Greybull for their big summer celbration called “Day’s of 49”. At the rodeo we saw roping, bull riding, barrel racing, and wild horse saddling. Our group had a great time! We even got announced to from the press box to stand up and cheer! Ha!

Saturday we had to work for most of the day, that was not so much fun. We looked at cores from Colorado and analysed them from their lithologies to how they matched with gamma ray logs. We also completed a project about cores, linking them to sea levels and currents. There were a lot of projects to work on to keep us busy! Saturday night was supposed to be a street dance in Greybull as part of the festival, but it ended up getting rained out. I was sad too, because I was thinking that a western street dance would be really fun! Dancing with some cowboys! :) Instead, a group of us went to do our laundry. Lame, I know, but I chatted with mom and dad and got all my dirty clothes clean.

Sunday was a free day, so we slept in! Then all the girls in my cabin and three boys drove to Cody! Woo big town, ~8000 people! It had lots of stores! It was exciting to see these things again! We had dinner/lunch at Pizza Hut (us cool college kids missed our regular intake of pizza) then I went with Kelli to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. It was really nice! We learned all about Yellowstone and even got to see things that we have been learning or doing! Great day!

Monday, we drove to an area near all the other area we have been to in the middle of no where called Sheep Mountian. We mapped all the formational contacts and then we were looking for faults (my fav!!) So Lisa and I partnered up and started our day with a nice summit of sheep mountain. It by far is the highest we have climbed, and of course on one of the hottest days! Whoopty doo! It got intense, but it was really amazing! So pretty! We ended up mapping all of the map from up there and even getting a major fault. I really enjoy imaging what this area looked like before it was eroded and folded, so todays purpose was interesting to me. We had lunch up there and then moved on to our next mountain to climb. I figured out all the crazy stuff that was happening (I even got right on the professors convo discussing what exactly was going on. They asked for my opinion and I seemed to be spot on with what they were thinking, YAY) Monday I saw GREAT anticline and a syncline! So cool! Later that night we chatted about oil and gas and got a new slue of instructors.