I am back and found out while I was gone an AGU abstract was submitted in my name. now I need to learn all about beach ridges for december. Backpacking was great. THe springs were beatiful, nice to sit in, curiously high in As. Not hot enough for filaments though. It rained a lot on the way out. I have a newfound love/hate relatiionship with GPS. Only 17 km. More like 31 on the trail. But good in the fog. I leave here at 10 pm tomorrow. Bittersweet.