Spring Break

So, we're back from Spring Break. I had a wonderful time, and hopefully not to radiated. I guess the first highlight of the trip was the one-star hotel that we stayed at when we got to Spokane. One star, I think that rating was even pushing it. This place was a dive, now I don't mean just that it was need of repair and was just old, this place was scary. Everything in our rooms were stained or had cigarette holes. The pressure on the shower was so high, it was painful. The sinks backed up with the slightest use. At least ours reeked of smoke. But I think the most humorous thing of the rooms was the vibrating bed option. On the nightstand was a little coin operated bed vibrator contraption. I took a pic and will post it. I was very glad to leave that place the next day, it was very seedy and I don't even want to know what sort of illegal things probably take place there.
During the week we saw amazing geological processes that were impossible to comprehend the huge scale in which they existed. I think of explaining it all here, I'll post pics and explain what's going on.
A big highlight for the week was that we got to go to Hanford, the nuclear plant. It's extremely hard to get groups in for tours anymore, thankfully our professors got contacts. It was absolutely amazing to see what the government did during WWII in the name of "national security." Two towns were shut down, to make this facility acres of prime orchard and farm land ripped out, almost any trace of the two towns were completely destroyed. Chemicals were just dumped onto the ground when all the containers were full. All these chemicals came from the plutonium plants, some of the plutonium created went into either Fat Man or Little Boy, the two bombs that ended WWII. So now all the plants are shut down, and the whole site is in remediation. They big problem is trying to stop the chemical plumes from reaching the Columbia River.
I'll write some more stories later.