This past weekend, a group of students from my Aquatic Resources class took the Bio Van aka Party Bus down to Hocking Hills State Park in southeastern Ohio. This was the same place where we did some collecting a couple of weekends ago, but this time we actually camped in the park. While we where there, we got to go to some pretty neat places and we found some pretty awesome things. We found a lot of salamanders and algae at Ash Cave and Old Man's Cave and saw some amazing views at Conkles Hollow.
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| The creek that flowed down to Old Man's Cave, I think. |
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| The crew of awesomeness |
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| Eurycea cirrigera |
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| View from the Rim Trail at Conkles Hollow |
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| Ash Cave |
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| Desmognathus fuscus |
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| Awesome people. |
I know, I know...I posted pictures of salamanders last time, but I think they are AWESOME so yeah. Don't lie and say they aren't cool. You know they are.
At night, the professor that went with us cooked some delicious food. I'm so used to eating out of a box whenever I go camping, but I definitely won't say no to the potato-egg-mushroom-onion-pepper concoction that we had for breakfast. I would probably eat that every day if I could.
And I probably can, because I have been trying to work on my cooking skills. My roommate cooks a lot, so I try to watch what she does and learn about what she makes. Sometimes I will even look up a recipe online or in her cookbook. I know it sounds stupid (like I should have known this already) but with a cookbook, you can make anything! I can make home foods! So exciting! It's nothing too special, but I think my list of foods I can make is getting longer... now I just need a husband to cook for! (jk...that is definitely a falsehood.) Just so you know I'm not lying, here is a list:
--Stir fry (usually with chicken, but I am pretty positive I can make it with any meat)
--Chicken and Swiss Bake
--French Toast Casserole
--jambalaya (from a box, but whatever, it is still delicious)
--Italian baked noodle thing that Ali taught me about
--buffalo chicken
--Mawpuh Chili
--Mawpuh cheese dip
--Brownies (again, from a box, but they are too delicious not to mention)
YES. That is pretty satisfactory right there. I have also perfected my scrambled eggs, thanks to the teachings of the Camp Fletcher cooking staff.
Stay tuned for more adventures...Halloween is coming up, and this year, I am pretty sure I have a decent costume idea. there will definitely be pictures!
