{"id":338,"date":"2008-06-05T19:37:33","date_gmt":"2008-06-05T19:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/?p=338"},"modified":"2013-05-28T13:42:26","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T13:42:26","slug":"i-went-to-alaska-and-i-came-back-weird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/blogs\/stickleback\/2008\/i-went-to-alaska-and-i-came-back-weird\/","title":{"rendered":"I Went to Alaska and I Came Back Weird"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Lauren,
Lauren, in the latest Alaskan fashion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So the fearsome foursome is back together for a day or two using Pewter to tote traps and one big red canoe about the Mat-Su. The specific things we did this day hardly matter. At this point, we are used to our long work days, and it\u2019s the little things that make them distinct. On this slightly cloudy, threatening-but-not-quite-raining day in June a few interesting things happened. We almost hit a moose that came running out of the bushes on the side of the road at the van. Lauren\u2019s lightning reflexes saved both van and moose, and the animal looked even more scared than we were as it trotted back into the forest.<\/p>\n

Second, we got to hear a few choice quotes from Ms. Jana Loux-Turner. To wit: \u201cIt\u2019s not as lake-y as the other lakes,\u201d and \u201cI just kissed the motor.\u201d Who knows what either of these was really supposed to mean. It\u2019s Alaska. You go with it. Lauren had a nice quote as well \u2014 about some of the experiences we\u2019ve had losing things at the lakes around here. \u201cLynda stole our temperature probe and Irene ate a trap. Those thieving ladies of the Mat-Su!\u201d In a brief psychological retrospective (this is Clark after all), it behooves me to note that the week we spent camping on the Kenai Peninsula together at the beginning of this trip went a long, long way toward bonding us all as friends. This explains things like A-lab-skan and our penchant for naming inanimate (and animate for that matter) objects. Stickleback summer in Alaska quickly becomes all about the inside jokes and the fast friendships. Days are spent working, of course, but it\u2019s rarely work to any of us. And nights are spent sitting around the table long after dinner, discussing the crazy things that happened that day or playing cards or harmonizing with Matt and Lauren on the guitar. I\u2019m not sure what I expected when I flew out here, but the easy-going attitude and calm efficiency of this \u201cworking vacation\u201d is just what the doctor ordered.<\/p>\n

– Rachel<\/p>\n

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\"Jana,
Jana, also in the latest Alaskan fashion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So the fearsome foursome is back together for a day or two using Pewter to tote traps and one big red canoe about the Mat-Su. The specific things we did this day hardly matter. At this point, we are used …<\/p>\n

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