2013 Marine Bio II

After a long day of traveling, we were immediately greeted by the always joyful Casey and Jeff. They quickly got us onto the boat and we headed to the cabins. This year I am rooming Buck Lyon, Chris Wengierski, and Alex Curry. We were exhausted from a long day of travel so we showered up and soon went to...

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...

Monday, July 15. 12:30 AM. I've finally put myself to bed, after an intense yet fulfilling week in Dallas, a week marked by long hours lifeguarding and several occasions of socializing, as is usual for this awesome summer. Two and a half hours later, my alarm sounds. I take my packed bags, my father, and and northwest highway, arriving...

Even after the longest day of my life, I was still unable to sleep due to an attack on my innocence. While in bed, my back began to itch and so I itched it. Wondering what caused the itch, I turned on the lights and was terrified when I found a two inch spider on my pillow. ...

Upon arriving to the BVIs, Killian, Andrew, and I were exhausted, and went to bed after devouring our Max n' Cheese dinner provided to us. However, after Andrew found two spiders climbing on him while he was in bed, we found an enormous Tailless Whip-Tale Scorpion hiding out in a corner of our room. After annihilating the arachnid with...

After sleeping for a solid 30 minutes before waking up for my flight at 5:45 I was really not well-rested and was really hungry. Julian gave me his Pringles. We had a flight from Dallas to Miami, a 2 hour layover and another flight with another 3 hour layover and then a third flight from San Juan to Beef...

Back in the BVI... We started out waking up early to a great breakfast at Olde Yard, followed by a presentation by Laura on fish habitats and fish identification. After the presentation, Casey gave us a big surprise. Dive BVI granted all of the marine biology 2 students DC1400 underwater cameras. We will be using these cameras for the...

Day 1 Finally back again in Virgin Gorda. Last night after a long day of travel, travel that included two flight delays, we arrived at the always lovely Guavaberry Resort. We were assigned to our rooms and I returned to the cottage "Plum Tree" with fellow Marine 2 guys Tucker Reed, Joe Wengierski, and Guy Harris. The rookie Nick Byrne...

I signed up for Marine Biology 2 because I thought Marine Biology 1 was a lot of fun and Marine Biology 2 could only get better. I also signed up for Marine Biology again because I wanted to learn more about the ocean and how humans are harming it. I am looking forward to catching lion fish down in...