I spent yesterday afternoon/evening and 4 or 5 hours today working out in the field. Yesterday I was doing some data collection out in Wire Fence for my recruitment project. Things went pretty well. It did rain the entire time pretty much, and was hot at the same time, so that was annoying. We sampled 4 or 5 plots before the thunder started rolling in and a full blown thunderstorm began. We had parked at the road (about a 15 min walk through the woods) because it was too wet to drive in. The storm cleared up completely about 20 minutes later, and then began again.
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| Stormy sky |
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| 5 deer in this field |
Today we were up at Bracken (myself and 6 others) taking the plastic off of the rainout shelters for the winter. It went pretty fast. The weather was pretty awful. I woke up at 5AM to hurricane like winds and pouring rain and it was like that until we got to the site. It rained on and off while we worked but got sunny at one point, and then rained the whole way home...seems like the theme of field days lately. We had three work crews, and naturally, I get put with the two professors. It ended up being a good time. We talked a lot about the hiring process in Academia and stuff like that. All in all it wasn't bad!
The leaves are just starting to change up there. I am hoping that by the next time I head out (probably not within the next week) the leaves will still be in the transition stage. I saw soo many trees that were bright green with some orange and some red leaves. It is by far the most beautiful time of the year. I kinda don't want the field season to end now!
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