24 July 2014
Making tracks
Posted by Callan Bentley
I’ve had a great three weeks in the Canadian Rockies, but now I’m heading out.
It’s been an honor and a privilege to teach in these fine mountains, among amazing rocks with talented colleagues and thoughtful students, and I’ve really enjoyed the past week of GigaPanning with my colleague Aaron Barth.
Yesterday, Aaron and I saw these bear tracks in the mud next to a creek where we were GigaPanning. The Canadian Rockies have imprinted themselves on me in a similar way. I’m leaving with more than 50 new GigaPans and an uncountable number of positive memories.
Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.