Capitola

Big Basin Redwoods

Sunday River, Maine

It's my first time on the ground in Maine, and also my first time attending a Gordon Research Conference.  There are 200 people here with a very high level of expertise on all manner of topics related to atmospheric chemistry.  The schedule is fairly intense, with scientifically challenging technical sessions all morning and every evening.  But they also give us a 2.5 h free time break after every lunch.  This is a ski resort, and on the first day several of us hiked through the woods up to the top of a ski lift (about 1600 vertical feet).  It was a fun hike, but I'm still dealing with itchy mosquito bites.  (To be fair, some of those might have been picked up in New Hampshire, too.)

In the photos are Allen Goldstein (Berkeley), Charlie Weschler (New Jersey), Glenn Morrison (North Carolina) and the photobomber, Nadine Borduas (Zurich).