2013 Week 1

I didn't think this trip could get any better, but it really did today. Despite the rain, today managed to be phenomenal. This morning we woke up at 7 as usual. In our cabin we made coffee to wake up. It's really surprising how good Folger's tastes when you're tired. After completely waking up with my coffee, my cabin...

A pillow woke me up today...from Gavin. Luckily, he woke all of us up when he did, because we almost overslept. We at breakfast at the office again, eating donuts, pop-tarts, and yogurt. During breakfast, Doctor Shannon Gore gave a presentation on sea turtles and the different kinds. It started to pour near the end of the presentation, and...

Day three was a very active day. The morning led off with a snorkel and a touch tank. We dove with our instructors and collected things to look at in a tank. Once we got on land we picked up various sea urchins and coral to examine while the instructors told us all about them. We then had some...

I spent the day with the Marine Biology 1 boys today and we had a great day identifying fish that we have been learning about. I made a short video with highlights from our day. Please excuse the audio choice...the only songs I had on my iPad were my daughter's, and although Taylor Swift's I knew you were trouble...

I woke up to the loud, irritating crow of a nearby group of roosters and sharp bursts of sunlight peaking out of a nearby group of blinds. We then ate breakfast in the small, cramped entertainment center at Guavaberry resort, the breakfast food consisted of bagels and glazed donuts followed by yogurt. ...

Today was even better than yesterday. The diving was better, and I just felt stronger all around. We woke up around 7 again and headed to breakfast in the office at guavaberry. We had bagels and jam as well as some delicious and monstrous glazed donuts. After breakfast, Marine 1 headed down the road to the baths. According to...

Past the models posing for the cover of sports illustrated there is an abundance of life in the ocean on the shore of The Baths in Virgin Gorda. We visited The Baths this morning as part of our scheduled snorkel for the day. It started with a brief hike down to the ocean where we saw immense...

I woke up at 6 a.m. because of an obnoxious bird outside of my window. I went to our kitchen and brewed some Folger's columbian coffee for the cabin and sat at the table looking out the patio to the ocean. After everyone got up around 7:15 we all chilled at the kitchen table drinking coffee until about...

Clayton woke us up again at 7, and 45 minutes later we were walking to the resort office for breakfast. The office was one of the few places air conditioned, so it was quite an enjoyable breakfast. Afterwards, MB1 walked over to the Baths. Instead of entering the Baths, we took a side route to the Devils Bay. It...