days: 14 & 15

DAY 14:
woke up at 5 am, did sampling on the lake by the headwaters, then came back and went to sleep til' 12:54 pm. after that, studied trees for a while, then went on a nature walk to identify trees in the field, then looked at our zooplankton samples underneath a microscope (turns out...there are no zooplankton in lake itasca). we talked to the prof about it and he is going to help us modify our experiment so that we can find some of the little buggers. then we watched "away we go" and ate marshmallows. great movie, highly recommend it. indie, but good :) yup. that was sunday.

DAY 15:
today. wow. yay beaver surveys? i think i've walked through enough forests and slushy bogs to last me a lifetime. we walked 9 miles today! to the end of the trail from douglas lodge due west to nicollet creek. my asthma was really bad, which was problematic and i struggled a lot, but we took it easy once we got to the surveying spots. after we got back around 4:30 pm, i showered, ordered pizza for everybody (except for me and one other girl--we're not going to pay $7 for our share of a 14" pizza--a large, 14" pizza from this place/the only pizza place allllll around, costs $14). so, instead i had 1/2 can of baked vegetarian bush's beans, bowl of potato broccoli soup, a piece of bread, milk, and pineapple :) oh, and then a couple of airheads. i love airheads. i've almost worked my way through the entire 60-pk i bought! see, told ya' i'd eat all of 'em, momma! :)

anyway, later gater! gotta study for my tree quiz!

OH! and i sent out letters today! expect to get them by the end of the week :)