Mark S. Wilson
Some of the ways that I have fun here in
upstate California, besides teaching and doing research, and spending time with
my friends, are: hiking, birding, playing ultimate, playing with my dog,
playing bridge, backpacking, gardening, reading, quilting and woodworking.
Here are some
pics of recent quilts and woodworking projects
Here's me, my brothers Kevin, Billy, and
John, and my nephews Michael and Ryan, during a backpacking trip in the Wind
River Range of Wyoming, in the Summer of 2001. On the bottom is Mikey at The Cirque of the Towers.
Me, Patty and Puddinhead are on top with my
niece Shannon, while my sister Anne and brother John, with their spouses Marian
and Jim, and another niece, Katie, below.
Puddinhead Wilson, as a pup and a more recent shot of him in the Trinities.
here's a HUGE movie of puddinhead and his
buddy otter (may crash your computer - it's 15Mb)
Patty and I went to Hawaii Volcanoes National
Park, summer 2002. There's a great lava flow from Kilauea Volcano in the
background. Flowing lava from the
molten center of the earth is about as cool as it gets...
I took this picture, of the same lava
flow. I took it right off of the USGS's website on Kilauea.
While doing my postdoc in Idaho I worked on a
genetic engineering project designed to find ways to reduce the susceptibility
of potato crops to soil nematode damage.
Patty and I finally got to see a Sasquatch
last summer in the Trinities. This big guy emerged from the woods while we were
filtering water in a creek. Wouldn't you know it, though, this was the last
picture on the roll in my point-n-shoot, and the sound of the motor rewinding
the film startled him and he left. Still, it was great to see such a
magnificent creature.
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