Well, we got rained on hard last night. Unusual for this part of the world.
Today dawned sunny and cool. The altitude is getting to me, so we’ve spent the day making sure our equipment works and getting oriented in the field.
One stop was a favorite vertebrate fossil locality where the type of Fractinus was found.
Another stop probably just made this entire trip worthwhile. My field assistant found a new locality bearing lots of fossil mussels found in a critical part of the section.
Thus, so far it has been a successful trip. Tomorrow we’ll be measuring some section and hanging out with the wind turbines!
Penny Higgins - Storyteller • Artist • Scientist 
I understand the natives of the Andes chew coca leaves to relieve the symptoms of altitude sickness. You’re probably not going to find any in Wyoming however.
Fossil mussels? As in carbonate-laden shell mussels? Sounds like you’re not just going to be grinding on teeth when you get home.
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Yup. The mussels are the mollusk kind. Lots of ’em out here, if you know where to look.
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