March 11

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Roadside orientation in New Mexico
	Al, you look about as cold as I'm sure everyone felt at this orientation stop.
	Phil demonstrates how to handle an aggressive map... "Apply one swift karate chop to the left flank followed immediately by a quick thrust to the mid section with your closed fist..."

Valley of the Fires, New Mexico
	Reubs (left), & Al (right) at Valley of the Fires. Look at the size of the ropes in that lava flow!
	Profile of the rope structure.
	Katie in front of some even larger ropes.
	Reubs and Katie looking at a particularly glassy portion of the flow's surface.
	Nick holds a scale card next to a miniature lava tube.
	Dave and Katie making notes of the flow's features.
	Some more profile shots of the ropes and their internal structures.
	Dave and Katie point to some braided ropes! Very cool!
	We found a layer of ropes under a layer of basalt having no ropes. Further, the rope layer was not attached to the overlying smooth layer. Allan thought that maybe the flow had formed a crust under which the ropes later formed without welding themselves to the overlying basalt. Interesting...

Three Rivers Petroglyphs, New Mexico
	Reubs, Katie and Alissaat Three Rivers Petroglyphs. The rabbit (next to Alissa) is my favorite.
	Reubs and what appears to be a bear paw.

White Sands, New Mexico
	Reubs at White Sands, New Mexico.
	Had to get a shot of just the ripples.
	Allan at White Sands.
	John checking out the numerous root casts strewn about the sand's surface.
	Nick (left), and Dave (right) closely examine a root cast.
	Some of the group atop a dune. I like the lighting in this photo.
	These people shall remain nameless to protect the innocent.
	Cross bedding in the dunes exposed by wind.

On the road to El Paso, Texas
	Reubs takes the helm on our way to Kilbourne Hole down near El Paso.

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