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Splendid report of your travels in an area I've only read about: First in William Kennedy Shaw's history of the LRDG raid on Murzuk in 1941, which included a planned rendezvous with the Free French from Ft. Lamy in Chad, and passing through to Zouar following the raid, then online in various...

Montana? Nope, nothing to see there. Flatter than Nebraska. Blistering summertime heat. Locusts. Tornados. Trolls under the bridges. Best to not waste your time. They're full. Try Wyoming. Foy

I'd have to say 37 years with the USGS qualifies you as a Class A Senior Geologist! My mineral exploration career lasted a whopping 6 years before I went back to school and changed professions. So, is your academic background geology, hydrology, engineering?

Foy, I will have to look into the MT geology Facebook page! Thanks for the insight. Have you heard of the Tobacco Root Geological Society? They do annual field trips and are a fun group of folks. I am going to order the MT and ID updated Roadside Geology books. Thanks again for letting me...

Dale, I somehow missed your reply to my mention of a geology-focused tour last month. I'd like to say that your participation is ROF-style trips is one of three primary inspirations for my own thoughts on the matter. The second is an ongoing appreciation for the Montana Geology Facebook page...

I went to AAA RV Premium when I was told by AAA that my regular membership didn't cover towing on my F350 simply because it was an F350. Mine is a single rear wheel and is in every meaningful way identical to an F250 of the same model year (2002) but AAA wouldn't budge on their "policy"...

Thanks Ace. I've been generally aware of ROF and TTT. Reference to geology as a focus for a trip goes back to come PM communications I'd had with Dale concerning his academic and professional background as a career geologist. Turns out I'd done some field work where his undergrad school was...

Sounds like a great trip, Dale and Company. It'd be terrific to consider a loop like some of Tony's and focus on some "geology one can see and lay one's hands upon". I'm transitioning into partial retirement after April of next year and am already in the advanced daydreaming stage of planning...

Recalling the various formation names is pretty much a sixth sense for a field geologist. And, under this usage, "formation" has a very specific and exact meaning--principally that a stratigraphic formation can be readily identified and mapped at the surface and in the subsurface. So it's to be...

Looks like Little Brush Creek cave/cavern system is within the Madison limestone in the Uintas as we thought. Keep on keeping on Jerry! Foy

In early August 1976 a group of Appalachian State University geology students road-tripped with our department chairman to Dubois, WY intent on climbing Gannet Peak. After smoking the highway nonstop at 55 mph straight through, we undertook at least 6 hours of acclimatization at the trailhead...

Yessir, Jerry, phosphate is mined out of the Phosphoria Formation near Vernal, UT. Like the Madison Group limestones, the Phosphoria Formation is present over a huge part of the West, outcropping in MT, ID, UT, and WY. Phosphate mines occur at many locations in the Phosphoria Fm. It also...

I'd wager the caves you found were paleokarst horizon features within the Madison Group, the very same thick limestones in which the ice cave in the Big Snowy Range, the nearby cascade, and the Big Spring near Lewistown emanated. The Madison Group is regionally extensive--(under different...

Two questions which may help find some solutions: 1) Assume you have a camper shell or topper on the bed of the truck and you're looking to insulate the inner part of the shell and the steel "bucket" representing the bed and tailgate itself. Correct? If so, condensation from the breathing of...

You know you're back in home country when you get to a Waffle House. Is your local WH in Charleston the same one which Stephen Colbert says was his?

May I suggest a trip including the 3rd weekend in July in order to attend Bannack Days. We've been for Bannack Days 4 times including our first time in July 2000 when our sons were young teenagers.

Great to see you were able to include Bannack and Elkhorn Hot Springs in your itinerary. Those are two of our favorite spots in southwestern Montana. We befriended a group of German CDT cyclists along the Big Sheep Creek Backcountry Byway back in 2015. Only one of them spoke some English, but...

Coincidently, my sister is visiting the vacation home we share this weekend. It's right outside of Blowing Rock at 3,980'. Reports colors near peak between 3,000' and 4,000', peak at + 5,000', still a few days to go below 3,000'.

The higher elevations are getting good color now and over the next few days. Heavy rains may take some down over the weekend. Mid to lower elevations peaking 15th-20th most likely. Don't spend too much time in Charleston or you might miss some good images.

Zero odor is amazing. More often I'm trying to see how long I can hold my breath in those NF vault crappers. Reading a book would be a most welcome change!