Went to work at a not-so-super-secret government lab:

Got in touch with my inner river rat:

The Rio Grande "Racetrack" below Taos
Did a little caving:

Interior of the Soda Dam near Jemez Springs, NM
Experienced a natural disaster (not good for my particular natural hazard research, by the way):

Smoke from the Las Conchas Fire rising over Los Alamos

Fire in the Jemez Mountains
Explored some ruins:

A kiva at Pecos National Historic Monument
Split a few rocks:

The mine works at the Harding Pegmatite Mine
Drove through a volcano:

Valle Grande in the Valles Caldera (with scorch marks on the grass from wildfire)

This sign has become a little superfluous.
Drove up a volcano:

Capulin Volcano near Raton, NM

View from the top of Capulin, looking out over the Raton-Clayton volcanic field
Put 5,000 miles on the car:

On the way to Colorado Springs
Took in some scenery:

Tall...
And came across a W&M alum a bit west of where he’s usually seen:

Watching over the Museum of Westward Expansion in St. Louis

...and on the campus of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA