2013 Week 1

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. ...

Every aspect of today simply was strong; every day out here seems to just get stronger. This morning we woke up at 7:10 after a night of playing cards in the cabin. I felt pretty sleepy at first but as soon as I had my coffee I was up and ready to go. We met at the road at...

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...

I wanted to be in this class because it looked like a really interesting experience and it was something I had never done before, so I knew it would be a challenge. Regarding my dive experience, I've never been diving aside from just messing around with a snorkel in a swimming pool. I am currently getting certified to be a...

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...

I woke up at 7:00 a.m. from the crow of a rooster and a ray of sunlight in my eyes. I was exhausted from the prior day of travel. As I walked into the kitchen I looked out the porch and was able to see the ocean and other British Virgin Islands. Everyone in the cabin got up and...

Today was the last day on Virgin Gorda, and we had a relaxing day. MB1 painted a mural, and MB2 hunted lionfish for a barbecue tonight. Once we finished the mural we ate lunch after watching Jeff filleting the lionfish they caught. They caught 10 in all, and Jeff had 3 frozen from the week before. Afterwards, we were...

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...

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...