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Over Labor Day, 2021, some of the lab members took a road trip to New Mexico for some relaxation and outdoor recreation. While we were there, we took a short trip to visit Dr. Gothard's cabin, in eastern Arizona, where we hiked through the forest and collected lobster mushrooms, which we ate for dinner.

While in New Mexico, we visited the old mining town of Mogollon, where we had a picnic lunch next to a small creek. Nearby the creek was an abandoned mine shaft. Derek, being responsible for the safety of the lab, thought it would be a good idea to explore the old, dark, spooky, abandoned mine shaft. The ground inside consisted of very wet mud but we were able to shimmy our way along by stepping on the rusted out mine car tracks. We were only able to venture about 100ft into the tunnel before our passage was blocked by a roof collapse.

Disclaimer: No lab personnel were injured in the making of this lab outing, but a large number of mushrooms lost their lives.