Geotripper

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Sunday, May 26, 2019

What to do on a Saturday? Let's Go to the Middle of the Earth (via Del Puerto Canyon)!

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The strange and alien landscape in upper Del Puerto Canyon. California has some really strange landscapes. A state that has beaches, mou...
Saturday, May 18, 2019

The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens at 39 Years: Why It Still Matters

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It is the 39th anniversary of the famed eruption of the St. Helens volcano and as I think of those days, I realize that even though a ma...
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Tales from the Semi-Super Bloom Tour, Part 5: Coming Home

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" We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for...
Thursday, May 9, 2019

There is Still Time to Join the Geotrippers (but not much)! British Columbia, the Channeled Scablands, the Olympic Peninsula and the North Cascades, June 26-July 10, 2019

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What are you going to do this summer? Are there places in the world that you've thought of visiting but never made a plan? Maybe we...
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Sunday, May 5, 2019

Tales from the Semi-Super-Bloom Tour, Part 4: Into the Realm of Demons, the Red Hills

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Human mythology finds bigger meanings in everyday stories, i.e. vast battles fought in the heavens, on earth, and in the depths below pitt...
Thursday, April 25, 2019

Tales From the Semi-Super-Bloom Tour, Part 3: On the Road to Yosemite

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Mrs. Geotripper and I didn't see the legendary "Super-Bloom" in Southern California. We didn't have the time or patience...
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Garry Hayes
I am a teacher of geology at Modesto Junior College and former president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Far Western Section. I have led field trips all over the western United States, and a few excursions overseas, but my homebase is the Sierra Nevada, the Great Valley, and the Coast Ranges of California.
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