I traveled again through the American West with my Burro, 'Pepita", and a Robot

5/24/2012

Perhaps you remember "Pepita" from photos of the same trip last year.

The opportunity to cross the country was too much to pass up. In route to a job for Aqua Survey Inc., I loaded up "Pepita" with nearly a ton of scientific equipment, including an underwater Robot, and headed across Highway 50, through the Wild West.

Some more photos are posted below the break.

Somewhere out here Highway 50 is called "The loneliest Road in America"

In Mesa Verde, Colorado

Southeastern Utah.

Tenacious.

2 Comments

Dave Zinni

6/4/2012 01:31:07 pm

Hi. I will be in Key West for a few days between 09 June and 23 June ( Dates to be determined). I guess you're out west somewhere. You have any plans to be in FL this month?

Eric link

6/5/2012 12:57:11 am

Hey David,
I'm probably be on this project in Nevada, and later on Mono Lake in California, through those dates. If not, Ill contact you to catch up with you in Key West.
I hope to post something re our work in Mono Lake. It is fascinating from the perspective of extremophile activitiy.

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