We arrived at the Jackson Hole, WY airport at about 11:30pm Sunday night. The waxing half moon helped us find our cabins at the Teton Science School. We probably had the kids in bed by 1am, and got a late start the next morning. We pushed breakfast back to 8:30am Monday morning. This is what I saw on Monday 29 January 2007 when I stepped out of my cabin (Sleeping Indian) at 8:19am.
Group photo – 2007
Back: LP (Trip Leader), Jody (Host), Ellen (Writing Instructor), Alyssa (Sponsor), Christian, Mike (Teton Faculty) Cédric, Nate, Brock (Sponsor), Adrienne (Teton Instructor), Andrew (Teton Instructor), Kristin (Art Instructor)
Middle: Jodie, Andrés, Charlotte, Rachelle, Nick
Front: Caroline, Karlin, Dana, Samuel, Keith
Research Presentations:
Our plane for the trip home.
Morning hike up to Coyote Rock. (-40 F w/wind chill)
Snowshoeing up to Coyote Rock in the morning.
Breakfast in the snow.
One last rise to the top.
View from Coyote Rock
Fabulous Five: LP, Ellen, Kristin, Brock & Alyssa.
Out of the wind.
Journaling diehard.
Birdman.
Caroline adds color to her journal.
Cédric adds to the community journal.
Loving the field work — reading tracks.
Nate working with his group on their science project presentation.
Karlin doing some journaling.
Samuel listens to his group as they get ready to defend their hypothesis.
Sunset on the Teton Range.
Grand Teton sunset.
Listening to Beth McIntosh concert.
A concert in the lodge. The students loved the soulful, earthy music.
Beth McIntosh picks a thoughtful tune.
Bald Eagle on Telephone Pole. Spotted by Christian on return trip from Elk Refuge.
Standing to get good shots of the Elk.
Binoculars were useful to get a closer look.
A lot to see on the Elk Refuge.
Approaching Elk on their daily trek from the feeding area.
Young Elk learning to fight.
Bambi has the largest rack on the refuge.
Sleigh ride out to the Elk herd.
Moose walking through camp in the morning.
Near the end of the Snowshoe trail.
One last hill before home.
Finding a new vantage point to gather clues about the nature of the Teton Range.
Making a journal entry.
Back to studies.
A little time for playing in the snow. A frisbee diversion.
Looking for signs to answer to the question, “What happened here?”
The group gets a lesson on gathering clues and observing the surroundings.
Learning to draw; Blind drawing exercise.
Digging a snow pit to take measurements.
Learning to crosscountry ski. Gliding without poles.
Moose love to lick the salt off of the cars.
Sunrise on our first Teton morning.
Christian finds a good shot.
Cédric works on his journal in the airport during our six hour delay in Dallas.
First: Find some silence and immerse yourself in it. In your journal, describe the silence.
Then:Fill a page (even a whole spread) with your perspective of the world today. This can include words and/or images.
These are the readings shared by Mr. Duke at the 12 December 2006 preparation meeting:
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord:
At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
¶And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
CHILDREN. The spiritual thoughts and representatives of Life, Truth, and Love.
Sensual and mortal beliefs; counterfeits of creation, whose better originals are God’s thoughts, not in embryo, but in maturity; material suppositions of life, substance, and intelligence, opposed to the Science of being.
Jesus loved little children because of their freedom from wrong and their receptiveness of right. While age is halting between two opinions or battling with false beliefs, youth makes easy and rapid strides towards Truth.
Beloved children, the world has need of you,–and more as children than as men and women: it needs your innocence, unselfishness, faithful affection, uncontaminated lives. You need also to watch, and pray that you preserve these virtues unstained, and lose them not through contact with the world. What grander ambition is there than to maintain in yourselves what Jesus loved, and to know that your example, more than words, makes morals for mankind!
If you missed the December 12 Teton Trip meeting, then you also missed Mr. Green’s fantastic presentation about how to get dressed in the morning. The main goal here is actually your safety, not looking cool. Here’s an easy way to remember all the parts you will need to stay warm:
This base layer of silk long underwear, or some type of synthetic alternative such as capilene wicks the moisture away from your body when you are skiing or snow shoeing, so you stay dry and cozy.
This is your insulation layer. Some good options are wool or synthetic fleece. I would suggest packing an extra Warmie top layer in your backpack for times when we stop to talk about something or write something in the field.
This outer shell should protect you from water and wind. Snowboard pants & a rain shell are a good combination, for example. Your Warmies won’t do you much good if they are wet.
You will find out about that when we get there…
