Monday June 21- depart ATL early morning

Flight information TBA

Sunday July 4 - arrive ATL late afternoon/evening

Flight information TBA

Listed below are the location and phone numbers of our lodging accommodations during the June 2009 trip. Dates will be added later. If it is necessary to contact a member of the class, identify the group as the Georgia Highlands College Geology Class; Billy Morris, Group Leader; and ask for the student by name.

Days Inn Casper

301 East E Street

Casper, WY 82602

307-234-1159

The Historic Irma Hotel

1192 Sheridan Ave.

Cody, WY 82414

1-800-745-4762

Yellowstone National Park

Canyon Lodge

307-242-3901

Grand Teton National Park

Colter Bay Village

307-543-2811

Roadside Geology of Wyoming

David Lageson and Darwin Spearing. ISBN # 0-87842-216-1

Mountain Press Publishing Company; PO Box 2399, Missoula, MT 59806

1-800-234-5308

Geology, A Self-Teaching Guide

Barbara Murck. ISBN #0-471-38590-5

John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

You may pay in two installments, or pay the total balance anytime before April 1, 2010.

Deposit due immediately upon acceptance- $300

First installment due February 1 - $600

Tuesday, June 22 – Casper Mtn., Muddy Mtn., Feldspar quarry, Emigrant gap

Wednesday, June 23 – Tate Museum at Casper College

Thursday, June 24 –  Alcova Reservoir boat ride, Cottonwood Creek Dinosaur Trail; field mapping

Friday, June 25 – Travel day to Cody, stopping at Hell’s Half Acre, Shoshoni Drug Store, and Thermopolis Hot Springs

Saturday, June 26 - Tour the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in the morning; travel to Canyon Village in Yellowstone

Sunday, June 27 – Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Mammoth Hot Springs, geothermal study

Monday, June 28 – Climb Mt. Washburn

Tuesday, June 29 – Old Faithful, upper geyser basin; travel day to Grand Teton National Park

Wednesday, June 30 - hiking in Grand Teton; glacial and stream processes

Thursday, July 1 – free day; dinner at the Bar J Chuckwagon

Friday, July 2 - Travel day to Kemmerer, P and M coal mine tour

Saturday, July 3 – Fossil collecting in the Green River Formation, Kemmerer WY; travel to Cheyenne

Sunday, July 4 – Return to Georgia

Because of space limitations and simplicity of movement, you will be limited to one piece of luggage (you must be able to carry/lift this yourself!) and a daypack. The list below is not intended to be comprehensive, but rather to serve as a guide in your selection of clothing and gear. I can’t stress enough the importance of packing light. Do not pack your wardrobe – think about the function and importance of each item you pack. You have to carry it, and other people will have to live with you and your stuff for 2 weeks. Plan to share items like hair dryers, etc. Talk to other people you know who travel a lot and listen to what they say about this. Because I wash clothes 3-4 times on the trip, I can pack in a gym bag and daypack easily and have room for souvenirs on the return trip. Having all your clothes available to you is not a priority on this trip!

The weather we’ll encounter is likely to range from the 80's in the daytime while in the Casper area to the 30’s at night in the Yellowstone/Grand Teton area. Early June trips in previous years have seen up to two inches of snow in Yellowstone, so you'll need to pack carefully in order to be prepared for any type of weather. We’ll never be too far from shelter, but a couple of days will find us several hours from the van, with only foot power to get us back. For those days in particular, a windbreaker/nylon shell/wool sweater would be a handy thing to have in your daypack in case of rain.

Several pairs of shorts and long pants, a few t-shirts (a long sleeved one is not a bad idea), a sweater or pullover, raingear, and assorted socks and underwear should be adequate for you. We are not going anywhere where fancy clothes are required. Remember this is vacation season and everybody else will be dressed like tourists! You will be able to wash clothes in the evening at all of the stops we make.

I am not suggesting that you buy anything special for this trip, but I have found that:

1. nylon or synthetic clothing is good because it dries quickly when wet
2. a good pair of boots make your feet feel better at the end of the day
3. everybody appreciates good deodorant

The following list is essential for your daypack, and you undoubtedly will want to include other personal items that you normally travel with:

1 liter water bottle

sunscreen

bandanna

snug-fitting cap or hat with chinstrap (it’s windy!)

lots of US Postage stamps (postcard style, too)

sunglasses

several pencils and a sharpener

light raingear

pre-paid calling card

Your trip fee covers these meals:

Breakfast while in Casper and Cheyenne

Chuckwagon dinner and music at the Bar-J Ranch  in Wilson, WY

All other meals are at your expense. Some will be cheap fast-food, others will be higher-priced Park concessionaire meals. You will also have the opportunity to shop at the grocery and live off Spam or the like between paid-for meals. If you need 3 square meals per day, I count 31 that are not paid for. At $5 per meal (low estimate!), that means you should count on $155 minimum for meal money. If you eat fruit, snacks, lobster, whatever, for more or less, then plan accordingly. Experience shows that a realistic cost for this trip will be at least $2000 - including trip fee and spending money, but not tuition and fees.

Souvenir money is another matter entirely. I won’t even try to approximate that, for whenever I think I have seen it all, somebody shows me I haven’t! I can say this though – save your souvenir dollars for Cody, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and shopping in Jackson.