Fun on the town with friends Sarah and Nathaneil

Sarah and Nathaniel came up from Seattle to meet us in Bellingham for a couple of days. Here are photos from our adventures. Thanks to Sarah for taking pictures that include me :).

Fieldwork

I've been spending most of the summer working out in the field on my MSc thesis research. Here are photos from the expeditions.

Sam, my field assistent, with the total station

Apparently, all placer miners are named "Bill."

Samples from one of the sites that is actively being mined.

Bulk grain size sampling is backbreaking work. We shovel 500 kg (1,100 lbs) of sediment, put it through sieves, and weigh each size fraction.

Driving Beluga, our field truck.

An abandoned Anglican church on an abandoned reserve settlement.

Anneversary

2 years seems like a short time when spent with such a great person as Rachel. Here are some photos of anniversary festivities.