The Chronicles of John Trammell

    I am currently taking a Geology of California class for my minor.  Very interesting stuff.  Due to a trip to Sacramento a few weeks ago, I was unable to go to our field trip.  To make up missing the field trip, I had to write a paper about one of the Geomorphic provinces of California.  I chose to write about some of the Glaciation of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.      I will say, this paper is not my best.  It can be way better.  My fault for doing it two days before it was due.  Even though it is not the best I can do, it does hold some interesting information.  As I have done with past research papers, I post it here just as a record of some of the work I have done in school.  Why not?  Glaciation in the Sierra Nevada Geomorphic Province John Trammell California State University, San Bernardino March 23, 2015 ABSTRACT     The Sierra Nevada Mountains, a continuous range of...

   I have been in college working on my bachlors degree since August 2006.  Between then and now, my college career has been nothing but an extreme rollar coaster of challenges.  During my community college chapter, many of the hard bumps, turns, and steep hills of this roller coaster was my fault.  I had to push through my issues to successfully get out of there.  Near the end, I got my act together and finally transfered to CSUSB.  If things went as planned, I would be out in two years.  Of course, this rollar coaster does not become a straight away.  I had three major challenges.  The first is having to go back and take basic classes that my community college should have made me take.  This took two years to accomplish.  Very fustrating.  The seecond challege was myself.  I ended up having to retake a few classes due to the lack of motivation/intereet (two accounting classes).  This took more time.  Anoth...

     I slowly awaken to the warmth of the sunlight touching my skin.  I get out of bed to begin my day.  I glance at my desk, and noticed the lottory ticket I purchased the night before.  I stared at it for a few moments, thinking if it is worth checking.  I know I didn't win.  After debating on rather I would check the numbers or not, I decided to look them up.  I went to the lotto website, and I bring up last nights winning numbers.  I got the first number.  Cool.  I wont get another number.  Sweet!  I got the second number.  I win a $1. No way!  Got the third number?  My heartrate begins to pick up.  My eyes begin to open wider.  I checked the remaining numbers.  No fucking way!  I rechecked the numbers 10 times.  I am shocked!  I had won millions of dollars.  My life is about to become super epic!      Winning the lottory jackpot is a drea...

     2014 is coming to an end.  For the most part, it was a good year, but it had its challenges.  Many aspects of 2014 were the same as always: Still in college, still living at home, still single, and same 4-H duties as the past few years.  What made 2014 special were new and unique experiences that I shall never forget.  It started with attending the 4-H Camping Conference in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where I got to spend a weekend at a camp in the Redwood Forests discussing 4-H camps in California.  Speaking of camp, I was able to return as an Adult Director this past summer.  Had it miss camp in 2013.  That week reminded me how much of a family 4-H is to me, and how many people truly appreciate my work within the program.  For that week, I considered myself to be home.  The very best adventure of the year was the trip to Alaska.  I got to explore the last frontier from the coast to the Arctic Circle, wi...

Pacific Crest Trail, Whitewater Canyon, Sonoran Desert, California       Yesterday I turned 27.  I wanted to celebrate my birthday by doing things that I enjoy to do.  One of those things is hiking and exploring familiar and new natural environments.  Since I was hired as a Naturalist for The Wildlands Conservancy, Oak Glen Preserve, I have been wanting to check out other preserves.  I talked to my fellow naturalists, and we set a plan to visit the three desert concervancy preserves: Pioneertown Mountains Preserve, Mission Creek Preserve, and Whitewater Preserve.  As the day came around, only three of us went on this amazing adventure.  Julia, Ari, and myself.  We met at Julia's house in Oak Glen, and carpooled out to the Sonoran Desert.  We began our tour at the farthest preserve, Pioneertown Mountains Preserve, which is the largest non-profit nature preserve in California and the birthplace of The Wildlands Conservancy. ...

     For the past ten days, I have been living at my aunt's farm in Yucaipa.  Watching over it while my aunt and uncle visit my cousin Amanda in Washington.  For the most part, I enjoy being here.  It gets me to break away from living under my parents roof.  It gives me a small taste of how it would be to live on my own.  It serves as a form of reflection.  To give a different glimps of who I am, and what parts of me need to change.        There seem to be many pros to living on my own.  The main pro si that I am in charge.  There is noone here to tell me what to do (except for when my aunt calls to tell me something I need to do).  What I do falls into my hands.  When I eat.  When I clean.  When I do homework.  Its quite.  There is no constent bitching from my parents (mostly my dad).  I don't have to worry about doing certain things in specific ways.  I can be myself. ...

     When I was in middle school, there were certain field trips that was only available for certain students.  Majority of these special field trips were offered only to the gate students at my school, which I felt was unfair.  The biggest trip, which I desperately wanted do to go to in middle school, was a trip to the Catalina Island Marine Institute (CIMI) at Toyon Bay.  This field trip featured learning experiences in the marine sciences, which at the time, my dream job was to be a marine biologist.  My sister was on the gate team when she attended middle school, and she was able to go on this field trip.  Today, I still love the ocean and geek out about marine sciences.  My mom is a science teacher at the middle school that I attended, Clement Middle School, in Redlands.  She had planned a field trip to CIMI.  Unlike my years as a student, when only the gate kids can go, any 7th grader and 8th...