Top 20 Ways To Tell That You Are on an EWU Geology/Biology Field Trip

20. You start to develop your maximum bladder capacity.

19. Dinty Moore, straight from the can.

18. You sleep on the Kayenta and stare at the Entrada.

17. You can identify a person based solely on their snoring.

16. Sink showers!

15. The can opener becomes your main kitchen utensil.

14. You develop an overwhelming desire to write on the back of laminated restaurant menus with overhead projector pens.

13. You find yourself at the end of the day muttering "another crudy day in Utah."

12. Buchanan grubs food and liquor from everyone's food boxes.

11. NO ICE!

10. You develop your own microclimate in the back of the van.

9. You start to seriously consider wrapping your beer in a wet canvas bag and strapping it to the front of the van after hearing Lou's presentation.

8. Hike, hike, hike!

7. Eight days on the road gives new meaning to the term "environment of deposition."

6. You become addicted to pothole sleeping.

5. Someone from Pennsylvania asks "How'd those rocks get up thare?"

4. You often hear the question "What type of rock is that?" followed by complete dead silence, while the question "What type of shrub is that?" is followed by interesting and intelligent discussion.

3. Everyone reaches their own personal emotional threshold.

2. You clearly understand that this is a bathroom stop ONLY!

1. At each stop someone invariably asks "Do we need our notebooks?"