GeoClub's Big Bend Field trip
Spring Break 2002

Click on the thumbnails below to see the photos. Photos and captions submitted by Luke Davis.

 
Ash deposits from Eocene eruptions in Big Bend Nat'l Park, TX

 
An Image of the Chisos Basin, Big Bend Nat'l Park, TX

 
The crew stops for a moment in Grapevine Hills, Big Bend Nat'l Park, TX

 
The Geoclub Officers for 2001-02 Eric Wink, Ron Moore, Patrice Cook, and Luke Davis at Heath Canyon Ranch, TX (Mexico in the background).

 
A laccolith with jointing, etc

 
John M., Eric W., and Luke D. at the Window in the Chisos Basin, Big Bend Nat'l Park, TX.

 
Ron, Eric, Luke, and John in the Lower Cave 1000 ft below the surface at Carlsbad Caverns Nat'l Park, NM.

 
The recapturing of our luggage after 35 mph winds removed it from the van near San Antonio, TX.

 
The sun sets in Santa Elena Canyon with everyone anticipating canoeing the next day.

 
A view down the Rio Grande at Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend Nat'l Park, TX (The circular opening is 10 stories tall).

 
The natural entrance of Carlsbad Caverns in which hosts the "Bat Show" every spring.

 
A beautiful desert sunset on a dusty dirt road to Terlingua, TX.

 
A group picture at the Window in the Chisos Basin, Big Bend Nat'l Park, TX.

 
Guadalupe Nat'l Park is an exposure of a Permian Reef full of fossils.

   
Canoers inch their way up the Rio Grande at Santa Elena Canyon.