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Day 4 – Thursday, 15 May 2003
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| 6:30 a.m. |
First wake-up call. |
| 6:30 – 7:30 a.m. |
Breakfast, tidy camp (we stay here again tonight). |
| 7:30 a.m. |
Load bus, travel to Mammoth Site. |
| 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. |
Stop 4.1: Mammoth
Site – Tour by site staff. |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Morning snack. |
| 10:15 a.m. –
10:30 a.m. |
Travel to Nature Conservancy site. |
| 10:30 a.m.–
12:30 p.m. |
Stop 4.2: Nature
Conservancy Site (Whitney Preserve). |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. |
Travel to Wind Cave National Park (approximately 30 miles). |
| 1:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
Stop 4.3: Wind
Cave National Park (presentation & tour by Park Service
staff). Afternoon snack. |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
Travel to Hill City. |
| 4:00 – 5:00
p.m. |
Stop 4.3: Black
Hills Geology Research Institute. Presentation by museum staff.
Emphasis: rocks, minerals, fossils (dinosaurs, T.Rex!) |
| 5:00 – 5:45
p.m. |
Stop 4.4: Mineral collecting stop outside of Hill
City |
| 5:45 p.m. –
6:30 p.m. |
Return to camp (KOA), Hot Springs. |
| 6:30 p.m. |
Dinner and post-dinner discussion/review of day. |