Jon Gourley and I joined four of our students, Justin Beslity, Danel Hong,Stephani Roman and Sama Shresta on a trip to Bretton Woods, NH to attend the Geological Society of America’s Northeast Section meeting. ![](https://commons.trincoll.edu/envs/files/2013/03/negsa_1.jpg)
The meeting took place in the historic Mount Washington Hotel (pictured above in the snow), and we spent three days attending talks, talking science and hanging out in a pretty fancy place.
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Jon Gourley pondering some slight modifications to our oh-so-fancy digs in McCook Hall.
On Tuesday it got serious for the students: Sama, Justin and Dan were all presenting posters. Needless to say, they did great, and after a long day we all went up to nearby Fabyan Station for dinner.
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Sama explaining her poster.
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Dan and Justin talking to Dr. Lisa Doner, Plymouth State University
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Dinner at Fabyan Station
On Wednesday morning Stephani convinced everybody that grass-fires are a really bad way to change the magnetic properties of soils and Jon Gourley convened a session on urban watersheds.
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Stephani explaining her poster to Dr. Bob Darling, SUNY Cortland
In summary, we definitely had a few rough days, but, hey, somebody has to do it, right?
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The flannel shirt boys in action. The girls were too fashion conscious to join us.![](https://commons.trincoll.edu/envs/files/2013/03/NEGSA_11.jpg)
Dan fattening up for the long drive home: 2 burgers, 1 wrap, a shake and a large soda…