This weekend (May 3-5, 2013), the paleo-environmental lab went on a camping trip to the Red Hills region of south central Kansas. We camped overnight at both Cheney Lake and Clark County State Fishing Lake, toured the 43,000-acre Z-Bar bison ranch (owned by Ted Turner), learned to build fires in 20 mph wind gusts, grilled our dinner without the aid of cooking instruments, star-gazed, and utterly ignored all social norms of personal hygiene. It was a fabulous weekend and I look forward to next year’s annual excursion!