Synchronized Swimming!

 Hello from San Salvador,

Today we started our day with breakfast of eggs and bagels before heading to the classroom. In the classroom Mike prepped us for today’s field work. We were looking at macro and microfauna in the sand. This is basically bugs and worms that live in between the grains of sand. After Mike was done prepping us we headed out to the beach.

We took samples far up on the beach, on the intertidal and in the water. We put all our sand in a softer to look for the macro fauna but unfortunately found nothing. To get the water samples Abby had to help Mike by standing on his back with the help of Toby. We then put samples into plastic bags to take back to the lab. We also spent some time playing in the water before heading back to the classroom. Mike taught us how to play the lionfish game, which involves sneaking up on people and dunking them in the water. 

Back at the lab we looked at the samples we took under the microscope and counted all the different microfauna we found in it. Then we headed to lunch for chicken sandwiches!

After lunch we were free to complete today’s figure analysis or play at the beach. those who desired bug bite relief, went straight to the water. While others completed their work in the classroom. Many of us went to the beach afterwards, and spent the afternoon playing water games. Eventually we had a fantastic dinner of spaghetti with a chocolate cake dessert. Mike informed us that we would be having class, and after some deep breaths the group scattered to get our workbooks. 

In class we reviewed yesterdays figure analysis and discussed tomorrows (super suuuuper early) outing to go to club med to snorkel. That was all for today!

Love,

Zoe and Kennedy