Day 15, best day yet

Started out the day wanting to wrap up loose ends at an archaeological wall feature that David Morgan showed us.  As I was walking back, I saw a wall feature that reminded me of what Jessica had been finding on the southern side of the southern valley wall.  Explored a bit, and found another wall.  Tagged the features with her GPS camera and came back to base.

I found the lost city of Atlantis!

Grabbed myself a Trimble and headed out again to the western end of the valley.  Examined the marsh area and logged other terraces near the base of the valley but still above the marsh area.  Surprised as the lack of mosquitoes that tried to get their fill of me, but who would want to get near someone that was sweat, sunscreen and bug spray soaked?!  Hiked up and found an old abandoned road on the southern side of the valley.  Hiked and found more small terraces.  Climbed the LOST tower to eat my apple when a group of tourists appeared.  I climbed down as gingerly as I could but I was already spotted.  I hung around making sure my walkie-talkie indicated that I was someone that was meant to be there, but the moment I could ditch the crowd, I hiked back into the bushes.

I then got sucked into the car going to do seep searching along the coast.  I wish I had my bathing suit and beach shoes, but no, I had pants and hiking boots for one of the most beautiful places to be doing work.  Lesson learned, will pack my suit and booties into my backpack!

Had a discussion with Dr. Wechsler about my possible research questions.  She was SO excited about the valley wall prospect!  Looking forward to whatever comes my way!