It seems like just yesterday that summer was over and the trees were beginning to turn gold. I was looking forward to cool evening, long runs and steelhead fishing. I guess I blinked, and now the tamarack have dropped their needles in a tawny coating over the snow.
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For the last two weeks we have been in the throws of intense ecological course-work. We began in the Santa Fe area, and then moved south, ending on the San Bernidino Ranch in northern Sonora, Mexico. Writing will come soon from this section, but in the meantime, tide yourself over with these pictures.
To get a quick gallery from the first few weeks of Semester in the West, a Whitman College run environmental studies program, click here. We’re currently just outside of Lone Pine CA, beginning an intensive nature writing section, and will be headed on to new adventures in weeks to come. Check back soon in case […]
Mt. Richmond OR
The diesel engine of the Caterpillar tractor roars to life, drowning out the throbbing purr of the truck we used to jump-start it. Mist is freezing from my breath, mingling with the smoke that jets out of the Cat’s smokestack. We back the truck out from it’s perch below the yellow behemoth of […]
