Both yesterday's and today's sites went quite well, with scores in the 90% range on a couple team sites and decent scores on some tricky individual sites. For you non-soil-scientists, you would be shocked, astounded, astonished about how vehemently we can argue with the official key on things like Rock Fragment Modifiers, Redoximorphic Features, Parent Materials, etc. It's probably a very entertaining scene to watch, as there's plenty of groaning, deep sighing, shouting, and profanity. I can't really explain the anger that wells up inside when they identify a horizon as channery, when it's obviously extremely channery. It had, like, 80% rock fragments, not 15%! Is this a joke? It's B as in B, S as in S, that's what it is.
At the moment, we're getting all dolled up for tonight's banquet. It's sure to be an evening filled with mediocre barbeque, soil-related humor, plenty of glaring at the team from South Dakota State, our arch rivals from September's regional contest.
For a touch of school spirit, the ladies are rocking some maroon and gold nail polish--Go Gopher Victory!
<=Hand-warmers are the best 99-cent purchase anyone has ever made at Walgreens. EVER.
Soil judging can be perilous =>
(I feel like this picture should be a metaphor for something, but I don't know what.)
