A few days ago we headed up to Black Lake, the trickiest sampling we do. To get to Black Lake we have to run through the delta where the Black River flows into Chignik Lake. At points it is a foot or less deep. Running the delta basically involves taking a jet boat as fast as possible while swinging the boat back and forth to keep the jet intake as near the surface of the water as possible. Sometimes it is very smooth.
Sometimes you get stuck.
For our two day trip we stayed at a cabin on Black River. When we showed up, we had a rare and amazingly clear view of the volcano, Mt. Veniaminof (seen in the back).
Sampling at Black Lake this trip involved lots of hydrology for Jen's work. She has river height gauges in the rivers flowing into Black Lake, and we were there to set them up and calibrate them. All in all it was a successful trip.
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