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2008 TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

May 13 - Tuesday       Report to Ozark Hall Room 113 on U of A campus, Check in.

May 14 - Wednesday      Depart from U of A campus, 8:30 AM, Drive to Goodland, Kansas, Camp

May 15 - Thursday      Depart, Goodland, Kansas. Drive to Homestake Creek, Colorado, Camp

May 16 - Friday     Depart, Homestake Creek, Colorado, drive to Pinedale, Wyoming, Camp

May 17 - Saturday      Depart Pinedale, Wyoming, drive to Dillon, Montana, Check in Dorms.

May 18 - Sunday      Free Day, Dillon, Montana

May 19 - Monday      Mapping Project, Frying Pan Gulch, Montana Fold Belt

May 20 - Tuesday      Mapping Project, Frying Pan Gulch, Montana Fold Belt

May 21 - Wednesday     Mapping Project, Frying Pan Gulch, Montana Fold Belt

May 22 - Thursday     Mapping Project, Frying pan Gulch, Montana Fold Belt

May 23 - Friday      Office Day in Dillon, Projects due at 5:00 P.M.

May 24 - Saturday      Introduction to Big Hole Area and Eocene Volcanics

May 25 - Sunday      Free Day in Dillon, Montana

May 26 - Monday      Mapping Project, Big Hole Area, Montana Fold Belt

May 27 - Tuesday      Mapping Project, Big Hole Area, Montana Fold Belt

May 28 - Wednesday     Mapping Project, Big Hole Area, Montana Fold Belt

May 29 - Thursday      Mapping Project, Big Hole Area, Montana Fold Belt

May 30 - Friday     Office Day in Dillon, Projects due at 5:00 P.M.

May 31 - Saturday      Free Day, Dillon, Montana

June 01 -Sunday      Travel to Teton National Park via western Yellowstone National Park. Camp in Tetons

June 02 - Monday      Examine structural and geomorphic features of Teton National Park. Camp in Tetons

June 03 - Tuesday     Examine hydrothermal features of eastern Yellowstone Park, Return to Dillon

June 04 - Wednesday      Check out of dorms in Dillon, Travel to and check in cabins at Elkhorn Springs.

June 05 - Thursday      Hydrogeology Project, Elkhorn Springs

June 06 - Friday     Hydrogeology Project, Coolidge Ghost Town

June 07 - Saturday      Hydrogeology Project, Coolidge Ghost Town

June 08 - Sunday     Office Day, Elkhorn Springs, Projects due at 5:00 P.M.

June 09 - Monday      Project, Badger Pass and Blue Wing Mining District

June 10 - Tuesday     Project, Surficial Mapping of Glacial Deposits and Moose Photography, Kelly Reservoir

June 11 - Wednesday      Project, Surficial Mapping of Glacial Deposits and Moose Photography, Kelly Reservoir

June 12 - Thursday      Office Day, Elkhorn Springs, Projects due at 12:00.

June 13 - Friday     Early Departure for Glacier National Park. Camp at West Glacier

June 14 - Saturday      Examine glacial and stratigraphic features of West Glacier. Travel to St. Mary’s, Camp

June 15 - Sunday     Drive Going to the Sun highway and visit Many Glaciers, travel to Gipson Reservoir, Camp

June 16 - Monday      Examine structural features of Montana Overthrust Belt, travel to Dillon, Check in.

June 17 - Tuesday    Free Day in Dillon, Montana

June 18 - Wednesday      Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks, Highland Mountains, and Big Hole Pluton

June 19 - Thursday      Neotectonics Project, Timber Hill in Ruby Range

June 20 - Friday      Neotectonics Project, Timber Hill in Ruby Range

June 21 - Saturday      Depart, Dillon,Montana drive to Devils Tower, Wyoming, Camp

June 22 - Sunday    Depart, Devils Tower, Drive to Fayetteville Arkansas, Arrive June 23 at 6:28 A.M.