2013 Marine Bio II

Today's wake up time was a vicious 7 am, so I stumbled out of bed at 7:30 and threw together my things in 5 minutes. Our first stop was the commissary for a nutritious breakfast of fruit and donuts and then off to the marina. After collecting ourselves no our her we boarded the boat and headed...

Yesterday began with another early morning, and yet another early breakfast at the marina. We then boarded the boats to go to our dive site, the Jesuit Reef, at Long Bay. When we first arrived we were briefed on what the objective was and how we were to move our cinder blocks from the sand to our plant site...

I signed up for Marine Bio II because of my experience last year in Marine Bio I. Every day in the BVI was great, even the classroom sessions and waking up to Mr. Kirby's subpar music selection. The staff made it so enjoyable that I had to go back again this year. That being said, seeing Casey, Jeff and...

Arriving on Beef Island after 3 plane rides we were greeted by Mr. and Mrs. McNutt with hugs and hellos. After a short boat ride over to Virgin Gorda, we were next greeted by Glenn, our taxi driver from last year who will again be driving us around the island. A relaxing night drive later we arrived at Guavaberry....

Imagine the joy you had as a child making your imagination come to life with Legos. Now take that and put it underwater in the most beautiful part of the world. That was my day yesterday as I helped facilitate the construction of the Jesuit Reef in Long Bay off of Virgin Gorda. I myself went on three dives:...

Discovery. Adrenaline. Position. Thrust. Contact. Escape. Pursuit. Dismay. So did my single encounter with a lionfish progress today. Once again, I've only managed to injure the infidel, though my conquest continues. Our morning began with a light breakfast but a heavy presentation by Dr. Gore on the state of the turtles in the world and in the Caribbean. Our mission...

Yesterday, we arrived in the BVI quite late. With just our luck, we experienced a delay on the plane from Miami to San Juan, but eventually we made it. Today began with an early morning. We all met at the cattle guard at the bottom of the hill, and Glen, our taxi driver, drove us to the Old Yard...

Day 2 started when once again Clayton woke me up from my deep sleep. Once I got up, I took a shower and walked down to the office, a place where we ate lunch, which consisted of a donut, bagel, yogurt, and an orange. YES MOM I ATE AN ORANGE. After we finished our breakfast, Glenn, who is our...

Day 5 began with yet another early morning breakfast down at the marina. After breakfast we loaded up the boat and headed to the Jesuit Reef at Long Bay. Once we got there, we proceeded to lower all of our cinder blocks into the water in preparation of building our reef. OnCe all the blocks were lowered, we geared...