When we had our pre-departure meeting back in April, our program coordinators and instructors joked about the culture shock we would experience going from the east coast to Wyoming and back again. I couldn’t imagine then that I would feel much of a difference at all. It’s all the same country, I thought to myself,…
Category: Wyoming Spring Creek Field Studies
Wyoming Spring Creek: A Final Goodbye
Overall, my study away experience was one of the most memorable experiences of my life time. I learned a lot, saw a lot, and made a lot of new friends. I notice as I read some of my classmates final blog posts that many of them wrote a kind of love letter to Wyoming. I…
Wyoming Spring Creek: A Short Six Weeks
After you return back to normal life in West Virginia post-Wyoming, you’ll look fondly on your adventures out west. I know you don’t have too many expectations going into it, but just know this field study was honestly a perfect balance of academic and personal growth surrounded by individuals passionate about the same thing you…
Wyoming Spring Creek: Letter to Myself
This letter begins with immense gratitude for my past self. I am so amazed and thankful for her for feeling so eager to experience the world, and then proving it to herself by making it happen. In a way, I still cannot believe that you threw yourself into completely new academic, social, and physical situations…
Wyoming Spring Creek: a Letter to Myself
To Sophia from Six Weeks Ago– Years ago, Wyoming captivated your five-year-old eyes when you saw Old Faithful for the first time. It enchanted your twelve-year-old heart when you came back in the family RV on a yearlong road trip. I remember you thinking Yellowstone was all the natural wonder Wyoming had to offer. How…
Wyoming Spring Creek – A Final Love Letter
My Dear Wyoming, Thank you for reminding me how small I am, Wyoming. Accepting our insignificance on a greater scale is really difficult, and understanding that the world does not only revolve around us is even harder. It is something complex, alive, and working on such a larger scale that none of us can fully…
Wyoming Spring Creek – Road Trip Day 10
We woke up early (as always) on Monday morning in one of the most comfortable places we have stayed in all six weeks. Flushing toilets, fluffy pillows, and lots of hot water elevated the Colter Bay Cabins to the top of the list. It was sad to say goodbye to the Grand Tetons, but we…
Wyoming Trip Around the State- Shoshone National Forest
The main event for our day in Shoshone was a scenic six mile hike through the Beartooth mountains but, before we got started, we spent some time identifying local flora around the parking area. Practicing using the guides to understand the plants in different locations is useful, but more importantly it builds on principles of…
Trip Around Wyoming: A Day Off at K-Z
After a long, rainy, day before, we were given a day off to catch up on sleep and to explore the homey K-Z. The morning of the 5th Day on the trip around the state started off strong with a delicious home-cooked breakfast. The warmth of the food was a welcoming change from the typical…
Wyoming Spring Creek – Shoshone National Forest
On July 28th we stopped in Shoshone National Forest. The morning was spent with our handy dandy plant identification guides and we took some time to figure out some of the flora of the new area. We then trekked six miles through the land, stopping at amazing lakes and hillsides. The beauty of the places…