Field Trips

Canaan Valley, WV — 2013 Jul 13 – 14


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Schedule

---Saturday, 2013 Jul 13---

9am -- Meet at Great Falls Park in VA; short hike to the falls

10am -- Drive to Skyline Caverns near Front Royal (~1 hr)

11am -- Tour Skyline Caverns (~1 hr)

12pm -- Lunch (@ Spelunker's?)

12:30pm -- Drive to Front Royal Canoe; we must arrive before 1:30pm in order to ride a tube down the river; it's about an hour trip

2pm -- Drive to Mountain State Brewery in Thomas WV (~2 hrs); early dinner at the brewery?; drive to Canaan Valley resort (~0.5 hrs)

---Sunday, 2013 Jul 14---

Breakfast at the lodge? Drive back to DC (~3 hrs)

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Trip Photos

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal – 2012 Nov 3-4

Our trip was based on this USGS field guide: http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1691/.

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Chesapeake Bay – 2012 Jun 9-10


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Green Bank Observatory, WV – 2011 Sep 24-25


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Geological History of northern VA – 2011 Apr 2-3


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