This past week, I had a field trip for Geology 250 class. We went to the Tetons and then to Yellowstone. One of the benefits of going to school in Rexburg is that there are some really awesome places to visit so close. We left on Thursday morning and came home on Friday night. There were about forty or so students and one professor, Brother Moore. It seemed a lot to handle for one professor, but everything went really smoothly.
We went to the Tetons and collected some really neat rock samples. We found obsidian, garnet, and lots of tuff. There was a spot where you could find green, red and black obsidian so that was really cool. But nowhere near as neat as the garnet- I think I like the garnet so much because it is shaped like a soccer ball. Doesn't get much cooler than that.
In Yellowstone, we went and visited some of the mud pots, hot pots, and geysers. We learned all about the differences in them due to the water table. We got to see Old Faithful and many of the can't miss sites in Yellowstone. It was a really fun field trip... I love my major.
I made some fun new friends on the trip too and get to spend some time with old friends that I hadn't seen in a while. It was a lot of fun to get outside and look at the beautiful things in nature. It was a little mind boggling looking at some of the rocks and realizing that they were millions of years old... how it all comes together blows my mind. I am glad that Heavenly Father has everything in control and I don't have to worry about it. I can just study it and enjoy it.
