Today we packed back up in the vans and went back out to the site.  Dr. Heaney showed us what we should have seen the day before, and many of us were very disappointed in our observations or lack there of.  After digesting our mistakes, we hoped back into the vans and headed back to College Station, TX.  It was a nice relaxing 4 hour drive filled with studying, napping, and reflection.   

Today Tate, Danny and I woke up at 6am to get breakfast before our field mapping session. After properly filling up on food and caffeine, everyone loaded up in the vans and we headed to the site. We spent the morning learning about the area by Dr. Heaney, and in the afternoon we tried our best to map the geologic contacts in the area.  Everyone got a rude awakening of how difficult mapping geology can be.  I believe most of us understood the technical aspects of the job, but actually collecting the data and understanding it was frustrating.    

Today for field geology, we loaded up the vans while it was raining cats and dogs and traveled to Mason, TX.  It was a very entertaining ride to Mason, and we got to know each other a little better during the drive.  One of our crew got bit by some ants and had an allergic reaction, so his new nick name is Jolie due to Angelina Jolie’s big puffy lips. We saw a few of the rock formations that we will be mapping tomorrow.