Final day

Yesterday was a two tank dive for coral replant the first dive we went and collected coral and the second dive we worked with marine two guys to set the coral up for growth. The afternoon consisted of a short snorkel because we went to mass in the afternoon. This was a very cool mass and also intresting because...

Quintessentially qualified for quarreling over coral

We didn't blog yesterday, but I will still recount the day. Yesterday was quite the tough day, but very rewarding as well. It began with an early wake up to be ready by 7:30, followed by a ride to the Barbour for breakfast in the Dive BVI office. That morning's was similar to yesterday with the addition of banana nut...

Jesuit Reef – Long Beach, Virgin Gorda

My two pound weight in one hand, side by side with my dive buddy Zac, we search carefully for staghorn & elkhorn suffering from some kind of visual malady. This is how we began our day, we dove in the shallows off of Long Beach in Virgin Gorda. We searched for corals displaying signs of bleaching, overgrown...

Fantastic Finale

Saturday After being exhausted from the night before everyone slept hard and suddenly awoke to the alarm clock blaring. Next both marine biology one and two got dressed and took a taxi to the marina where we ate a breakfast similar to the one we had eaten the previous day. We ate at the Dive BVI office and...

Coral planting, community service, and goodbyes

Yesterday I woke up at 6:30 because of a bird and laid down until 7:00 when I got up and did my daily routine. Our cabin was late to getting picked up at the cattle guard by Glenn because we thought we had to be there at 7:45 not 7:30. We all rushed out the door when Doc came...

Long day today with an early start tomorrow

Greetings parents and friends! We had a GREAT day today but it went a bit longer than the others. This is just a quick update - the guys are in bed getting ready for another busy day tomorrow. We got up early and headed to the boats to dive and build the Jesuit reef using the structures they created...

Discovery Dive

My hut awoke to the sharp buzzing sound of the alarm clock. Then we all prepared for our short, basic breakfast at the Dive BVI office. At the office everyone ate bread, cereal, poptarts, and a large assortment of fruit. After breakfast the marine biology one group headed out to the Rhone wreckage site on the coast of...

The adventures in the RMS Rhone

Today, I woke up on my own (I know your proud, Mom). My cabin mates and I headed to the office to eat, but then we realized it wasn't there and ran back to the meeting place. We ate at the docks today, with donuts, cereal, yogurt, and coffee. After breakfast we headed to Salt Island, and we dove...

The Rhone was ship out of luck

I awoke at 7:00 a.m. because of noise from Riccione and routinely went and made coffee for the whole cottage. I drank my cup of coffee and got ready and headed to the commissary and was there with a few marine bio 1 and 2 guys and then we were told we were meeting at...