Last Day in Canada.....

Hello Everybody!

Today is officially the last day we are all here in Canada. I just wanted to leave here on a good note and write some of the highlights of the trip.

On the first day of our expedition, we got the opportunity to see Onaping Falls. It was a lot of fun hiking our way through the trail to get to the bridge that overlooked the amazing waterfalls. But other than that, we explored other outcrops of breccia in the area. With Dr. Lowman’s expertise, the group gained a lot of insightful information about the formation of the rocks in that area and what we should look out for.

During the second day, I took more pictures of different types of rocks that we observed along the way. I also captured plenty of photos of the group which I will post when we get back into the States. We also got the opportunity to see a big nickel which is by a big mine in Canada. This was a fun activity we got the chance to do in order to get away from the rain and mosquitoes.

Lastly, the third and final day of the expedition was not as strenuous as the previous days of data collecting and rock sampling. But all in all, I still learned a lot and got the opportunity to celebrate Canada Day. We all ate a nice dinner and we saw some good fireworks in the end.

I would just like to thank Dr. Paul Lowman for sharing some of his knowledge to us and showing us the back routes to different sites. Another thank you goes out to our wonderful program manger, Cynthia Cheung, who has done an outstanding job of keeping everybody together and unharmed. Also, thank you Robert Damadeo for helping organize the event for everyone to have a good time. Finally, I would like to thank all the people who contributed to this amazing trip to make it possible.

Krystal Mike

PS - Keep look out for pictures! I will post them ASAP!