Todd Tyrtle

Sandra,
At Wednesday, 19 February 2003, you wrote:

>In a message dated 2/19/03 8:05:49 PM, todd@... writes:
>
><< for someone as interested as he is in
>geology he couldn't be in a better place. We've climbed five volcanoes
so
>far and have a few more on our to-do list, not to mention countless
past
>(and future, I'm sure) trips to the natural history museum. >>
>
>Have you already been to the Soda Dam in the Jemez?
>It stinks, but it's cool. (The sulpher spring up on the road stinks
like a
>hundred rotten eggs.)

That's a direction we haven't really explored at all except to go
to the Childrens' Museum in Santa Fe. We've explored the three volcanoes
just to the west of here and a couple out at El Malpais near Grants.
We'll definitely have to go to the Jemez, though. Everyone we
know has nothing but wonderful things to say about it.

>And if you go to Bandelier on that same drive, he can see all the
tufa/pumice
>cliffs on the way, around White Rock.

Good idea. That may be a good trip for the weekend if the weather
looks good. I only have a few more weekends here, I think, before
we start the 6 or 7 day week schedule.

-Todd

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In a message dated 2/19/03 9:18:30 PM, todd@... writes:

<< Good idea. That may be a good trip for the weekend if the weather
looks good. I only have a few more weekends here, I think, before
we start the 6 or 7 day week schedule. >>

Sometimes you can't drive over the Valle Grande (another geological
phenomenon--a HUGE caldera) in the winter, but I have no idea how much snow,
if any, is up there. I guess the state police could tell you if that road's
open.

Sandra

Todd Tyrtle

Hi Sandra,

On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 SandraDodd@... wrote:

>
> In a message dated 2/19/03 9:18:30 PM, todd@... writes:
>
> << Good idea. That may be a good trip for the weekend if the weather
> looks good. I only have a few more weekends here, I think, before
> we start the 6 or 7 day week schedule. >>
>
> Sometimes you can't drive over the Valle Grande (another geological
> phenomenon--a HUGE caldera) in the winter, but I have no idea how much snow,
> if any, is up there. I guess the state police could tell you if that road's
> open.

Nope, it's open as far as I know. A couple people from work drove that
route this last weekend and raved about it. There's a little snow up
there but not much to speak of. It's been much warmer than usual (I'm
told) this winter and there seems to be less snow. A few weeks back when
I went to El Malpais they had a sign at the ranger's station saying how
much snowfall they normally have received by this point (47") and how much
they actually received (7"). So we're a little behind in that sense. And
there isn't much winter left, either.

While it's not been the best for the aquifers (understatement!), this mild
nearly snow-free winter has been pretty good for us in terms of being able
to get out and visit lots of places without much in the way of snow gear.

-Todd

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In a message dated 2/20/03 2:53:19 AM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:

<< That's a direction we haven't really explored at all except to go
to the Childrens' Museum in Santa Fe. >>

We have some sweet memories of a day in Santa Fe...including the children's
museum, which was a very nice one.
The kids held a corn snake and got to build sculptures out of dried up
cactus, wires, and various materials to be auctioned off as a fund raiser for
the animal shelter there.
Some lucky soul in NM has a sculpture by Trevor!! hehe
Dh really liked that seat on a pulley thingy....

Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."

----Frances Hodgson Burnett