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| Every year we always get a few
students who have never flown before. Erik displays a look of
confidence as the plane comes in for a landing in Phoenix at 12:15 a.m.
Saturday. |
Saving on the cost of
accommodations at the Phoenix Super 8. From left, Brian, Erik, Joel. |
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| Waiting for the vans to arrive
at the Phoenix Super 8 on the first morning of the trip. Note the
palm tree. |
Some scenery on the road
between Phoenix and Las Cruces by way of Tombstone and Douglas, Arizona. |
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| Basking in the sun under a palm tree while
waiting for the vans at the Phoenix Super 8. |
Being members of the same team extends to
well beyond laboratory and desk work. It also requires that you have
the same pajamas. Sara and Lindsay model the latest fashions in
arsenic removal from drinking water. |
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| More scenery en route courtesy
of Andy. |
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We spent a lot of time in vans, so it seems only fitting
to include a few photos of people keeping up cheery dispositions.
Here's five. |
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| We passed through Saguaro
cactus country. This is the kind of cactus everyone associates with
the southwest thanks to the Roadrunner/Coyote cartoons. If you
looked carefully along the side of the road, you could see strewn about little
cardboard boxes with "Acme" printed on the sides. |
No road trip is complete
without a little car trouble. Ben complained that his Ford Windstar
vibrated a bit more than it should whenever the air conditioning was on.
We noted no obvious problems under the hood, so Ben lived with it, and we
encountered no problems for the remainder of the trip. This photo
was taken in the parking lot of a McDonald's in Douglas, Arizona, about a
mile from the Mexican border. |
