The Day After

For most of the class the day started dark and earlier as a continuation of the previous nights celebrations of Amy's birthday. The walk back involved impromptu singing, dancing, request for selfies (This was mostly done by Jacob himself). Others requested a stop at Grahams harbor to play on the playground and dip our toes in the water. It was definitely a night to remember.

By the time breakfast rolled around at 7 am, students learned a important lesson that actions have consequences as headaches were nursed. Lucky Mike was feeling generous and allowed today snorkeling session to be "optional" but threatened if you don't go the rest of the group was going to see something amazing. Mike's guilt trip work as most students grudgingly arrived at the truck ready to go at 8:30 am.

Arriving at Rocky point a group of students elected to stay on the beach and sunbath while the others went out to swim around the reef. This entailed a visit from a vary large barracuda.




The rest of the evening was open for students to procrastinate their figure analysis and instead go back to the beach outside the station for more sunbathing and swimming. 



After dinner we had the opportunity to learn about sea kelp forest from a post doc studying out of UW. This was followed up by class where we talked about the schedule for our last week on the island and due dates for upcoming assignment. :( 

Tomorrow we are heading off on the station boat to explore one of the further out reefs




Live laugh love 

- Jacob, Kayla and Julian 




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  1. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2023 at 8:29 AM

    Glad you are learning about sea kelp forests! They are amazing! Hope Amy had a great birthday and a lovely celebration. So is anyone studying beach trash or ocean effects from trash in the water?

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