International Wolf Center

Drove up to Ely to visit the International Wolf Center. Turns out it was under renovation, but we still got to see their wolves.

From Wolf Center '09

It was pretty sweet to sit and watch them interact with each other. They look a lot like dogs playing. Grizzer, one of the wolves, was huge, I wouldn't want to run into a hungry version of him in the woods.

From Wolf Center '09

From Wolf Center '09

The pics are also on my Picasa web album. Hit me up if you want to see them.

After the wolf center, JC and I walked to the waterfall between Fall and Garden lakes. It was mostly froze over, but it was still pretty cool.

From Wolf Center '09

From Wolf Center '09

Then we went to an archaeological site I know in the same area. It was difficult to see anything with all the snow, so we gave up and made snow angles on the lake. Great day, but I don't think it will compare to our trip to Winnipeg in a couple weekends!

What's new in the land of Joe

Well, it's been a while, but lets see if I remember how to do this.

It's been a pretty busy winter so far, I've got A LOT of work to do, which is GREAT! I've been accessioning (cleaning and documenting) all the artifacts (chipped rock, projectile points or 'arrowheads', and pottery) that we collected last summer. Now, I am writing a report on one of the sites that we worked on over by Aitkin, MN. It's going pretty well, mostly because we already had to turn in a field report (a kind of VERY rough draft with only essential information).

Now we have 4 interns coming into work, two working on projectile points with Steve, and two working on accessioning artifacts from sites that have been sitting in boxes for years. Someone did the field work, but ran out of time or money to accession the artifacts. So I get to work with them when I have time or when they have questions.

I'm looking at Universities again, the University of Manitoba, Illinois State University, and Western Michigan University. I visited ISU a couple weekends ago with the 'rents, and Jenna and I are visiting the U of Manitoba in the middle of March (my Christmas present!)