This past week was once again crazy... do you see a trend?
Well more than this past week. The past couple at least. Last week was another research week. I officially have 40 plants! Finally. However, I am adding more to my project. I am doing a small side project on germination of seeds in the different treatments, since it seemed like they were germinating at different times and rates in the pots. Also, I am adding some field work to the project and I am going to be measuring earthworm densities and sapling growth in various areas around property. I just ordered the mustard powder I need. Yay lots of field work in the last week.
My parents also came up to visit the last research week for a few days. Being able to relax and show them around property was lots of fun.
My experimental setup :)
Oh! I saw a bear last weekend too, which was really exciting. It was running in the road and Katie and I saw it and freaked out and it just sort of stared at our truck and then ran into the woods. Super cool to say the least.
Additionally last weekend I went with Katie canoeing on Tenderfoot Lake. There are a couple islands out on the lake that we paddled to and explored. We found an old bed frame, an old chimney, bottles, and LOTS of forget-me-nots. Then on the way back we ended up in the middle of a pair of loons. They were diving around us and got really close. They are so beautiful close up.
Another adventure I had last weekend (it was a very good weekend) was our trip to the porcupine mountains. Now they really aren't mountains per say, however I do think that the lake of the clouds and the peaks around it are approximately 1000 ft higher than lake superior, which is quite the distance, especially around here. We hiked past many water falls, got to skip rocks in lake superior and wade in the water, and drove/hiked up to Lake of the Clouds. The lake does not look overly impressive by the photos, but it was beautiful. A photo cannot even start to capture
the beauty of sitting at the top of a cliff overlooking this lake. It was also a very nice relaxing break from the routine we have fallen into on property. Oh! And the best part was not even at the park. On our drive home we stopped in at a decent looking italian restaurant for dinner. Our waitress, Karen, was possibly the nicest lady any of us have ever met. She scolded Tim for not saying please and accidentally sent a random person over to our table because she thought he was part of our party. When she realized later what she had done, she about died of laughter. Also, it was the best gnocchi I have ever had.
This past week was then yet another module. This one was Entomology. I really enjoyed this module a lot. Insects are really very interesting and I also really liked our professor that we had this week. He was very nice and we ran lots of different studies and experiments over the course of this week. Running experiments is fun, however all of the experiments have required papers. I have written two so far. The third is due tomorrow at 5pm. Stress.
I also realized today that I will be home in 3 weeks. Exactly 3 weeks. At that time I will have my paper written and a project presented. I will have had a wonderful experience and will be missing lots of people who I have been living with all summer some of whom I will never see again :(. However, I will be home. And I think I will be ready to be home, as much as I love it here.
Claire
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