ISU Geology Field Camp - Lost River Field Station
Idaho State University, Department of Geosciences Field Camp
Please comment on the facilities at Lost River Field Station. . . . Ideas of how to improve appreciated.
Awesome. Clean, enough little personal spaces in barn & tents to accommodate anyone reasonable. My tent had various rips, but nothing big.
Really guys, insulate upstairs, its worth losing some head room. More power fans. Maybe portable heating devices as well.
Rips in tent-permanent building structures to sleep in would nice. More insulation in barn.
The computer lab was too hot. Other than that, everything else was just fine.
Rip in the door and the zipper of my tent. Maybe some form of air conditioning for the barn. Either a swamp cooler or a window unit to make a more productive environment for working on hot days.
A better (Quiet) work area. Have tents repaired before camp starts.
I think that the log cabin idea would be good.
LRFS facilities were much better then I could have hoped for in a field camp.
My canvas tent has no ties on the front flaps. The 3rd bathroom has no water pressure, the loft gets beastly hot. Other than that, great.
Cabins or bunkhouse rather than tents, a wall air conditioner in loft window to allow better working environment.
Top knotch facility; we can't pamper ourselves too much though because it is field camp. We could do w/insulation in the loft; just put it against the metal in pieces between the wood.
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Why are the lids on the toilets smaller than the toilets? Makes it tough to open (not a big deal)…Get a new hot tub pump! Get a actual chemical kit for hot tub…Log cabins!
May I suggest a new washing machine. I stopped washing my clothes because it really didn't do anthing / they did not come even close to clean.
ok - rips in tent-bottom of door & bottom of left wall. LRFS is great facility. Allows for production of better work product I think and less overhead of just existing, meaning more time for geology. Need better CD player (that doesn't skip, has better amp and speakers).
This place felt like home during the first week.
New hot tub heater. W/hydro jets.
LRFS is awesome-no improvements really.