A brief warm-up...

Hey, I'm blogging from my hotel room in Helena, Montana. The past week has been a busy vacation of sorts: on some days were driving, and on other days we're digging. With shovels. The nature of the research we're doing out here can be summed up as such: We're measuring how fast water seeps into the ground. Of course there are other ingredients such as geomembranes and landfills and two stage boreholes and whatnot, bit it's all a bit complicated and I'm not sure I understand all of it myself. It's all about the water moving into the ground. But the best part of the trip is that I get to hang out with and talk to engineers. I get to talk shop and ask questions and absorb a heck of alot of knowledge and wisdom from people who know what they're doing. And none of them are jerks, which is a relief, since I'll be interacting with alot of them for the foreseeable future. I guess my confidence level is running pretty high right now. Classes start on Tuesday, so I'll be sure to let you know how that goes. Otherwise: I'd recommend a trip to Montana. Today we drove through Glacier National Park, and I've discovered that I enjoy National Parks waaaaay more that I though I would. The mountains here have to be seen to be believed. Should you ever plan to motor west: count me in for a Montana Road Trip.