Hi, List.
I have completed my trip report as well, I posted it along with all my
pictures on my site: http://www.mikestang.com/marissastv.htm
Happy hunting,
Michael in so. Cal.
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From: Michael Mulgrew via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
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Sent: Sat, May 30, 2015 3:08 pm
Subject: [meteorite-list] Marissa's meteorite hunt report
Hello, list.Marissa has posted her trip report on Club
SpaceRock,http://meteorites.ning.com/forum/topics/official-meteorite-hunting-trip-reports.I'veincluded
it below, as well.Happy hunting,Michael in so.Cal.Well it's the moment that
you've all been waiting for, myentirereport on my greatest adventure ever, my
meteoritehuntingexperience!! Yes it's very long because there was a ton
toreport!I hope that you all enjoy it because this was all your doing
:)Mikeand Rogan will probably report their experiences as well. They
better!:)this was a group effort, the trip wouldn't have gone so
perfectwithout eitherof them. Enjoy!!!Day 1We boarded our plane at about
6:40am and we werefortunate to get toboard first, I got the window seat that
I wanted and Icould look outperfectly. We took off at 7:20am and it was a
great amazingride!Cleveland looked beautiful even though it was mostly
cloudy, thesunpeaking through only a little and the lake was the same color
as thesky,I couldn't tell where
the water ended and the sky began. A fewminutes later wewere above the clouds.
They were all wavy and itlooked like one big comforterthat you could just land
on and it'dcatch you. An hour or so later we finallypassed the front and all
theclouds beneath us and I got my first view of theland from 37,000 feetup, it
was stunning! The trees formed around rivers, itlooked likeroots under trees or
the structure of the universe branching outawayfrom the rivers. The landscape
really did look like a topographicmapwith brown, tan, and green squares and
rectangules everywhere. Thehouseslooked like sparkles on the earth. Hours later
we were finallyseeing a changein the land from farm land to desert. Some spots
weretan and some were red. Weflew over a canyon but I'm not sure if itwas the
grand canyon but nonethelessit was beautiful, I could see theriver inside the
canyon. A little later weflew over the tallestmountains that I've ever seen,
they we completely snowcovered. Anhour or so later we sta
rted making our decent, once we passedthecloud cover Vegas was in site and it
was huge!!! I could seethestratosphere standing tall and all the hotels and
casinos. Thepilotlanded the plane so beautifully and smooth. We made our way
throughtheridiculously huge airport trying to find the baggage claim, we hadto
get on anAmtrak to get to the baggage claim area. Once we gotthere I saw a
young manwaving at me, I had no idea who this was andthought for a moment that
someoneI knew from Ohio came too and Icouldn't remember them. He walked over
and tomy surprise it wasRogan! I was in shock, I had no idea he would come.
Ihad asked along time ago if he could be there but he couldn't give me
astraightanswer and lead me to believe that he couldn't go. I was so
happythathe actually came! From there we got our rental van and we
drovethroughlas Vegas Blvd to check out the Vegas scene. I'll only be hereonce
so I had tosee the city. We stopped at New York New York for anamazing
breakfast followedb
y the hard rock cafe and some gambling. Icouldn't believe that they
actuallyhad Vegas showgirls out on thesidewalks. After that we headed to
pahrump whereour hotel was tochange for dinner, we had reservations to the Top
of TheWorldrestaurant in the stratosphere hotel and casino. During the
drivebackthrough the mountains we saw a rain cloud and a
beautifulrainbowembedded inside. The view was stunning, the restaurant was
amazingandthe food was incredible! There were people bungee jumping off the
sideofthe building. Our waiter was so good that when I asked for
plasticsilverwareand he said that they had none he actually went to
anotherplace in thebuilding to get me some. The service was amazing. Wefinished
a bottle of roseabaringer wine it was very good. Once it gotcompletely dark the
lights in thedistance were shimmering like starsin the sky. We sat enjoying the
viewwatching the moon and Venus setin the distance.Day 2Michael Mulgrew
wascoming in today for our first hunt in StewartValle
y and to show off his metaldetector and meteorites. The bubblechair did arrive
in Las Vegas but theywouldn't deliver it because itwas the holiday weekend to
them so Rogan had togo get it, my staffAutumn went with him. While they were
gone Mike arrived andwe left toget lunch and supplies for the hunts. When we
returned wewentstraight to looking at maps and meteorites. He showed me where
weshouldstart looking and we planed the days to come. Then he bustedout his
meteoritesand we
