2013 Week 1

Waking up this morning was tough, I finally crawled out of bed around 7:20 after much procrastination & I have never made a better decision. After arriving at the cattle gate at 7:45 we were taken over to the harbor for breakfast at the Dive BVI office, thanks to all of Dive BVI for hosting our meal &...

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...

Greetings parents and friends! We had a GREAT day today but it went a bit longer than the others. This is just a quick update - the guys are in bed getting ready for another busy day tomorrow. We got up early and headed to the boats to dive and build the Jesuit reef using the structures they created...

I have never been scuba diving before besides a lake for a scuba certification class but from what i hear its a great experience. Also the way i see it, i can either sit in a science class all semester or go scuba diving at the british virgin islands with my classmates. I am looking forward to seeing some...

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...

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...

Today started out with Casey giving introductions and a review of what an exciting week Dive BVI have planned for both Marine Biology 1 and Marine Biology 2 courses. The guys got some pretty sweet looking T-Shirts. Additionally, the Marine Biology 2 students scored sweet graduation gifts from Dive BVI, a Sea Life DC 1400 Pro Underwater Camera! (See Alex...

Our entire cabin awoke at nearly the same time to our alarms going off. We then prepared for the long day we had ahead of us, excited to know we would be turtle tagging. Once we were ready we went to the Guavaberry entertainment center where we ate a breakfast of poptarts, donuts, and fruit. While...

I awoke at 7:00 a.m. because of noise from Riccione and routinely went and made coffee for the whole cottage. I drank my cup of coffee and got ready and headed to the commissary and was there with a few marine bio 1 and 2 guys and then we were told we were meeting at...