today was a fun day, Austin, Aaron, and i went out to the river to measure it for a cross section area, Ph levels, oxygen, conductivity, and temp. we went to the Jada river first because it was the most far point we could have manage for the day. after obtaining the data from the river, we went to a couple of creeks for same measurements. we wanted to get information on this part of the river but there was a part of the trail washed out. the trail went from top of the hill, then meandered back and forth like the shape of "N", the trail was just completely gone. we could have jumped to make it down, but coming back up was a different story. after that, we thought we could access the river a different way. so austin did find a way, but was disturbed by a large snake. which we later found out that it was not venomous, but it was at least 7 feet long. we got back to the dining commons just in time for lunch. we lucked out that most of the people was going to be out in the field all day, there was ice cream during lunch :) we met up after lunch to analyze the data we obtained. got the area of the cross section, then got the velocity to determine the discharge. we did this for about 2 hours before others showed up to the lab. it was a super mob through the forest, it was humid, and uphill. so after a morning of walking, science, and being super sweaty. i smelled ratchet, gross, and just had to shower... and then nap til dinner. after dinner, we had a meeting to talk about the whole trip overall. im glad we are getting more hands-on, rather than in the lab talking about concepts. tomorrow we are going to visit the tribe in town. its exciting to meet other native tribes, and international tribes taboot.
today was a fun day, Austin, Aaron, and i went out to the river to measure it for a cross section area, Ph levels, oxygen, conductivity, and temp. we went to the Jada river first because it was the most far point we could have manage for the day. after obtaining the data from the river, we went to a couple of creeks for same measurements. we wanted to get information on this part of the river but there was a part of the trail washed out. the trail went from top of the hill, then meandered back and forth like the shape of "N", the trail was just completely gone. we could have jumped to make it down, but coming back up was a different story. after that, we thought we could access the river a different way. so austin did find a way, but was disturbed by a large snake. which we later found out that it was not venomous, but it was at least 7 feet long. we got back to the dining commons just in time for lunch. we lucked out that most of the people was going to be out in the field all day, there was ice cream during lunch :) we met up after lunch to analyze the data we obtained. got the area of the cross section, then got the velocity to determine the discharge. we did this for about 2 hours before others showed up to the lab. it was a super mob through the forest, it was humid, and uphill. so after a morning of walking, science, and being super sweaty. i smelled ratchet, gross, and just had to shower... and then nap til dinner. after dinner, we had a meeting to talk about the whole trip overall. im glad we are getting more hands-on, rather than in the lab talking about concepts. tomorrow we are going to visit the tribe in town. its exciting to meet other native tribes, and international tribes taboot. 
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