Watch Out for Buffalo!
I forgot to post my favorite image from all of field school, the flier that was inside the newspaper we were given upon entering Yellowstone warning us of the dangers of getting close to the bison! (And yet we saw some idiot get out of his car less than 10' in front of a pair of them. I still hope he got gored.) Click for biggerization:
Out the Door Just in Time
Alright, here's a messload of photos from my trip...Whee!!
Photos of Railroad Ranch where we worked, and its amazing landscapes:
Some photos from Yellowstone; elk, the old faithful in, and old faithful itself:
Some candid shots at the Union Pacific Museum in West Yellowstone:
Johnny Sach's cabin, an historic log cabin built near Island Park, Idaho and Mesa Falls, also near Island Park, Idaho:
Some shots of Eastern Oregon and the Colombia River Gorge from the car window:
Some foliage shots, taken at Johnny Sach's cabin:
Don’t Stop Believing.
Stress and weariness have kind of enveloped me, although I've done very little during the past two days. I have my program's orientation tomorrow morning, then I start my second job on Wednesday. Derek has to be moved in completely by Monday, and I work both jobs Thursday and Friday, then just one on Saturday and Sunday. Then I start classes on Monday. Wheee!
I have decided that a hot bubble bath does indeed solve most of my issues though. I had a good long soak earlier, and apart from discovering that somewhere along last week I gave myself a large, ugly bruise on my lower right calf things feel much better now.
Field school was fantastic. I got to see Yellowstone for the first time ever, and I learned how to do some fun things. Like remove and replace the glazing on old panes of glass (modern glazing is just rubber caulking, historic glazing is a mix of linseed oil, chalk and clay). It was chilly and rainy in Idaho (snow in Yellowstone) but apart from one morning where my fingers became red and swollen from the amount of window glazing I was doing, things were tolerable. The food was terrific, and the company was fantastic. I met a guy who, as Anne of Green Gables would say, feels like a "Kindred Spirit". Someone I was immediately comfortable with, in a brotherly-sisterly manner. Anyway, I'm off to sleep, I'll post more stories later. I did't knit as much as I'd hoped, beer and cards turned out to take up the majority of my minimal free time. I'll leave you, my readers, with a photo taken at the peak of exhaustion, just before sleeping on Friday night, of myself and my new friend, Chris.
Home.
16 hours in a car. I am tired. Tomorrow, maybe, or Monday, there will be an update, including some photos. After that, there will be a photo album, at some point.
An update from the boy
If you're reading this post, then the server migration is done. Bon will now have much more freedom in what she has me do for her site. Her uploads, for example, will work again.
Also, I got a call from her yesterday evening. Through the static I managed to get that she is in Idaho at her field school and everything is a-ok. Unless there is some major development in... whatever, you won't hear from me again for a while. Bon will probably have something to tell you Sunday or Monday of next week.