A saguaro.
I've never seen such blue skies as in Arizona.
We stopped on the way back and ate some prickly pear fruit.
Hiking along the bottom of the canyon at the beginning. 
Thursday, August 20, 2009
More pictures from the hike to Seven Falls
Where water would be flowing if there were enough monsoon rains.
Hike to Seven Falls with my lab on the last day
A blooming fishhook barrell cactus.
I had the best lab. Seriously. They were friendly, down-to-earth, patient, and inviting. Instead of making me work on my last day in Arizona, we hiked Seven Falls. It was beautiful, and a really neat hike. It was undoubtably also the hottest hike I've ever done in my life. We hiked through a canyon, crossing a dry riverbed several times until we arrived at our destination--Seven Falls. A 7-tiered waterfall that flows if there have been enough summer monsoon rains. Unfortunately, the waterfall was not flowing, but there was a pool of water at the bottom which we decided to go swimming in because it was so hot. The water was deliciously cold and refreshing before we headed back to La Indita for a delicious lunch of chiles rellenos. Craig and Nathaniel, you rock!
Yeah, that's that's how hot it felt.
I had the best lab. Seriously. They were friendly, down-to-earth, patient, and inviting. Instead of making me work on my last day in Arizona, we hiked Seven Falls. It was beautiful, and a really neat hike. It was undoubtably also the hottest hike I've ever done in my life. We hiked through a canyon, crossing a dry riverbed several times until we arrived at our destination--Seven Falls. A 7-tiered waterfall that flows if there have been enough summer monsoon rains. Unfortunately, the waterfall was not flowing, but there was a pool of water at the bottom which we decided to go swimming in because it was so hot. The water was deliciously cold and refreshing before we headed back to La Indita for a delicious lunch of chiles rellenos. Craig and Nathaniel, you rock!
Poster Presentation
With my poster...that my outfit matched...
Making a scientific poster was so much more work than I had ever realized. I worked on it for at least two weeks, and made numerous revisions. The end result looked nothing like the beginning draft, let alone the version that I had a few days before the presentation. Craig helped me so much, and I definitely wouldn't have been able to do it without him. The introduction was basically my abstract. Below that, I had a diagram of the model we were basing our hypothesis on. Next came the results section (all the charts), conclusions, and finally, acknowledgements (who funded the work). It was a challenge to fit everything nicely, and put something together that would make sense to someone who hadn't spent their entire summer doing research on ligands and BTC3 cells. I was also amazed at the cost of printing one of these posters: $50-$100!
The day of the presentation went well. I felt like I was able to explain my work well, and felt like I had accomplished something this summer.
Making a scientific poster was so much more work than I had ever realized. I worked on it for at least two weeks, and made numerous revisions. The end result looked nothing like the beginning draft, let alone the version that I had a few days before the presentation. Craig helped me so much, and I definitely wouldn't have been able to do it without him. The introduction was basically my abstract. Below that, I had a diagram of the model we were basing our hypothesis on. Next came the results section (all the charts), conclusions, and finally, acknowledgements (who funded the work). It was a challenge to fit everything nicely, and put something together that would make sense to someone who hadn't spent their entire summer doing research on ligands and BTC3 cells. I was also amazed at the cost of printing one of these posters: $50-$100!The day of the presentation went well. I felt like I was able to explain my work well, and felt like I had accomplished something this summer.
Bisbee/Tombstone
Bisbee is an art community...this was outside someone's house.
Inside the copper mine. It was freezing inside!
An open pit mine.
Tombstone...it was the biggest tourist trap I've ever seen in my life.
During our last weekend in Tucson, we visited Bisbee, a mining community turned artist community. We saw an open pit mine, then went on an underground tour of a copper mine. It was really interesting. On the way back, we stopped in Tombstone...which was rather underwhelming and disappointing in its tourist trapness. :-(
During our last weekend in Tucson, we visited Bisbee, a mining community turned artist community. We saw an open pit mine, then went on an underground tour of a copper mine. It was really interesting. On the way back, we stopped in Tombstone...which was rather underwhelming and disappointing in its tourist trapness. :-(
The biggest spider I have ever seen...hanging out in the microscopy suite of my lab.
This spider hung out in the room I worked in every day. And then we took it outside, and another one was back the next day...so I gave up, and we peacefully coexisted.
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