After fulfilling ourselves at dinner, day one ended with some blogging and chilling. Couple of friends and I decided to play spoons until bedtime was enforced, which turned extremely competitive very quick. After spoons finished flying ands exacts champions were made, everyone split up and went to the cabins. We talked for a bit and hit the hay. Jack and I decided to run in the morning, but we overslept two separate alarms and missed the opportunity. We will attempt to Run again tomorrow. Wish us luck, but I digress. We showered, got ready, and walked to the cattle guard to get an anticipated breakfast which was proposed to be better than last years. I got an omelette :). After we ate, it was time for the marine bio 2 students to get to work on the set up and placement of the very expensive underwater camera. We went to the dive BVI office and began setup. Setup included: removal of cleaning system, removal of the glass bowl, cleaning the camera, and reassembly and prepping for submergence. Unfortunately, we ran into some issues with the technical side of the setup. First, the main power cable did not start the camera, causing distress until we finally figured it out, but that was not the end of cable related issues. Then the camera would not connect to the online feed. After exchanging Ethernet cables, turning the system off an on, and various things to tamper with it, the feed finally worked and we realized hours have gone by and it was soon time for lunch. Andrew, Riley, Chris, and I walked the docks and marveled at the ridiculous yachts and fishing boats for quite a bit until lunch was ready to be served. We leisurely ate, saw the marine bio 1 kids for a small time, and left to get our gear and depart for camera placement. After setting up the scuba equipment and moving the camera essentials onto the boat, we relaxed and waited for Casey so we could get going. Jeff told us some amazing life lesson’s while we waited and we eventually left for Baraka Point, the proposed camera location. Casey assigned jobs to each of us for the task at hand, which pertained two camera carriers, two LDR carriers, tool carriers, and two people to lay and stretch the power wire, which was mine and David’s job. We scaled the rocks near the power source and found an adequate pathway to lay the wire, and it was just long enough to reached the site! By the time we finished laying the wire, the camera and LDR were secured and almost ready. Nearly 20 min later, everything was hooked up and excitement flowed. We went back to shore, put up our gear, and went to the cabins for showers. At dinner we are supposed to see the live feed and the direct results of all our work today! Updates to come
