2012 Week 1

Today I woke up with a sigh. I walked outside only to see the sun rising one last time over the horizon. The crystal blue waters shining below. Under my breathe, I could hear myself saying, "If only I could stay." That's right, today is our last day in the British Virgin Islands. It is going to be very...

On the last day at the BVI, I woke up from Doc's voice coming from the porch. After taking a hot shower, I walked down to the wait area once again to wait for Glen, who the is the truck driver. When the truck drop us off at Olde Yard, we ate breakfast. The breakfast consisted of muffins, banana...

Sorry the blog is about a day late today, just got done from an extremely long day of traveling and telling stories to the family. Our day (yesterday) started out as usual, same time, same place, heading to the same harbor, but today we were doing something none of the Dive BVI instructors or our teachers have done yet....

Ahh the final day... I'm gonna miss the BVI's, a place where even the customs officers are friendly. Our final day began at the Olde yard for breakfast and some class info on turtles from the wildlife officer. After that we headed down to the marina to board the sea lion on our final excursion into the big ol'...

All I can say is that this is all surreal. This trip has been utterly amazing. As you all know, this was my last day at Virgin Gorda. We woke up around 7:15 and as I was lying in bed I realized it would be the last time I would be able to enjoy a morning here. I packed...

My expectations for turtle tagging couldn't have been blown out of the water any more, it was all I hoped for and more. We started with a presentation by Joel Dore, a fisheries and wildlife conversation worker on the nearby island of Tortola, who explained to us what we would be doing and their work in general. It dawned...

Today was bitter-sweet. We get to go back home and relax, but we have to go back home... I couldn't have asked for a better trip with better people. The whole week was absolutely fantastic. Today, we woke up and had breakfast at the Olde Yard. We were waiting for a government official from Tortola to come over and...

Today was our service day. We got up early in the morning and walked about a half mile to the wall we where supposed to paint. around 10 30 the temperature shot up to about 98 with 170% humidity. I was actually really impressed with the speed with which we finished the wall. Afterwards we showered off back at...

This morning started early with a service project. We sealed and then primed a concrete wall so that it could be ready for painting. Then we ate lunch at Mad Dogs. After Mad Dogs, we went to the Baths. We toured the caves and giant rocks. We ended up in Devil's Bay and snorkeled all the way back...