I'm back

Got back last Tuesday night, and glad of it. Our field class was 5 very long days. We have a bunch of pictures, but they are still on Justin's camera I will try to post some soon. The first couple days went pretty well, the weather was great in the 90's. Our group got lots done and did alot of walking. The third day is when all hell broke loose.
So on the third day we knew it was going to rain we all had our rainjackets and such. There was five of us in the group, Justin, I, Mike, Beckie and Dan. We had been using the rented Mini van because we could all fit into it and everyone else were using thier own vehicles. So we had been out and about mapping starting at 8am, started raining at 10 and by 11:30 we had finally made it back to the van, all soaking wet, including my shoes, and miserable and we talked about what to do.
You see, it's not that we were afriad of the rain and getting wet but a large part of what we were mapping is called Bentonite, which is weathered volcanic ash, and in it's weathered form it is clay. Now clay when it's wet, is a horrible substance. It becomes super slippery and very dangerous to walk on.
So walking around in the rain on slippery shit, did not sound to fun to us. So we took off in search of our professor. We found him and he told us to wait out the rain. So from then to about 1pm we ate our packed lunch, got gas for the van and worked on our notes and exchanged info to each other.
At 1pm we went to another location and started hiking. The next four hours were miserable. We were all still fairly wet, and it was windy. Walking was difficult, and it was impossible to get up to the top of the buttes to see what was going on geologically in the area. So we did our thing for the four hours and when it started getting to 5pm we headed back to the van. This is where the fun starts. (Please note sarcasim)
On the van notes were written in the dirt. One said "How was driving in the rain all morning? =)" Then something was written below it then crossed out. Also on the side of the van was written "Dangerous 5" We knew instantly who did this, 1. because of the smilly face, and 2. because her truck was parked not far from ours when we first got there and now it was parked even farther away. So these malicious notes really made us mad, I still don't know how she knew that we were driving about in the morning unless she talked to other people who saw us, but she made it sound like we were joy riding around doing nothing. I have no idea also what makes us so dangerous, we all know that she does not like Mike because those two are the top students and he's been winning the department awards and not her. So after we fummed about that for a few mineuts, we decided just to get into the van and get back to camp. The van would not start. We sat there dumb-founded wondering why it was completly dead. So we popped the hood and sure enough, she had unplugged the battery and left and note tucked in the engine. Now I dont remember what the note said, but it was mean. So the battery was plugged back in and we drove back fumming even more. Well lets say that the rest of the evening was not pleasant, apparently she feels bad but I have yet to get an appology. If someone in our group had gotten hurt, her little stunt would have cost us alot of time.