You'll never know what you might find on Mars or in the desert.
This is a bull that we saw on our way out from the talc mines.

Ready for liftoff...balloon team testing out their balloon on Sunday.

Testing for organics in river water at Afton Canyon. Within minutes, the high level of organics caused a sporadic outgrowth of hair on the side of Jim's head...definitely a high level or was that just the wind?

Fording the river in the van, Take 2. A professional NASA personel is behind the wheel. Do not attempt this with your mom's minivan. Note the sign in the background.

We're almost there, it's just over that hill. Kelso Dunes.

We're off to see the wizard...actually, maintaining sterility in the soil requires that everyone walk along marked paths.

The ultimate portable outdoor classroom facility. Linda, Heather, and the rest of the teacher crew are out in the field preparing to test soil samples.

Lunch in the desert sun! Are those ham and cheese sandwiches?

Vincent the fox makes a special guest appearance in the back patio area on our last night.

The new and improved easy bake oven. Not only can it cook your soil samples, it can also test for organics in it as well.