Geology Rocks!

Day 244: It's June and time for interpretive training! Today's subject was the geology of Mount Rainier, and while I think geology rocks, eight and a half hours is a long time to sit in a chair listening to speakers, even excellent ones like Tom Sisson, Carolyn Driedger and Paul Kennard. I learned a lot, and took advantage of lunch break to grab a mineral specimen from home for "show-and-tell" with the professionals. I'm none the wiser for having taken it back for analysis, but Tom Sisson took a sample of the green radiating crystals which he's promised to subject to tests in order to make an identification. I'm looking forward to finally having a name to put on a specimen I've carted around for more than thirty years!