Photos are from the BUGS sponsored trip to the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, 20-21 September 2008. Geologic features investigated along the way included Jurassic age dinosaur footprints along the Connecticut River near Holyoke, MA; the Sugarloaf arkose formation in the Deerfield Basin; and Tannery Falls in the Hoosac Range. The group camped at Savoy Mountain State Forrest in Florida, MA.
Jurassic age Eubrontes footprint along the Connecticut River.
Graduate Student Rachel Scudder doing her best impression of a Eubrontes.
Examining ripples marks in Jurassic age sandstone of the Hartford Basin.
View south from the top of Mount Sugarloaf. The Seven Sisters of the Holyoke Range are seen in the distance.
Andre Scheinwald getting up close with the arkose of the Sugarloaf formation.
Setting up camp at Savoy Mountain State Forest.
Looking for salamanders in South Pond at Savoy Mountain State Forest.
Breakfast (oatmeal) around the campfire.
Resting on Precambrian age gneisses of the Hoosac Range.
Group photo in front of Tannery Falls, the tallest water falls in Massachusetts.
Picking apples in Harvard, MA on the way home.