Sorry for the long time between posts, it has been a busy couple of weeks. The hand is mostly healed up, although it still hasn't gotten back it's full mobility. I've had had three crews working in the park, an exotic plant mapping group, a group of masons stabilizing a historic structure, and my field crew mapping sites. After some training in optical surveying a couple weeks ago they "graduated" to the total station. Here they are mapping an eroded Pueblo in the park. I think that they are getting pretty good at generating topographic base maps, the one here involved over 600 shots and the pueblo plots out very well with 10 cm contours.

The monsoons have really kicked up here as well.We have been getting afternoon storms pretty much every day. On our way back from the field yesterday we got caught in a pretty spectacular downpour, complete with lightning, thunder, and hail. The Painted Desert is a sight to see covered with water with streams and arroyos running all over.