The whole motivation for the road trip was attending a workshop put on by UNAVCO on how to introduce high resolution topography (terrestrial laser scanning and structure from motion) into undergraduate field courses. The workshop was held at the University of Indiana's geology field camp in Montana's Tobacco Root Mountains where many students take summer field. The field camp has been a pioneer in introducing the techniques to undergraduates so it was the perfect venue to hold the workshop. Overall it was an excellent balance of visiting field sites to practice techniques, processing software in a lab setting, and discussing pedagogy with peers. Another highlight was an impressive thunderstorm with marble sized hail that pelted everything in sight...including my clothes drying on the clothesline. It was certainly one of the better workshops I've attended and now feel like I have the tools and background to implement these techniques in teaching. Thanks to those that helped put it on!
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