2015 Week 2

Today was our last day of adventure in the British Virgin Islands, and to begin the end we started with our shortened day of service. To kick it off we went down to the Marina and walked along the beach where we found ourselves diving into the deep blue in order to snorkel over to the wreck site of...

So far Day 3 has been the most exciting day for me. We started off the day by going to the RMS Rhone, a ship that sunk in 1867. The story behind this ship sinking is really interesting. The RMS Rhone, unlike many of England's ships, was steamship and was one of the best in the royal fleet. While...

Being my first time in over a year to go scuba diving and my first time in the British Virgin Islands I didn't really know what to expect. In the morning we ate breakfast then took the taxi to the boats and got are equipment. On our first dive we went to George Dog reef. We used this dive...

If anyone told me any other day that I would be waking up at 8am, I would have been moaning and groaning, but this morning, it felt glorious. Today was our last full day on the beautiful Virgin Gorda. Casey shook up our usually breakfast today and brought us huge delicious donuts. After we scarfed down our life sized...

Today I awoke excitedly awoke knowing a day of studying invertebrates and turtle tagging awaited me. Contrary to other days, today Marine 1 students would be split from Marine 2 students. Us Marine 1 students got in the taxi and drove to the beautiful, Savanna bay. There Casey, Beth, and Andrea were waiting for us under a tent. We...

Today was our final day at the BVI. Today we did our service project and had a free day in the afternoon. For our service project we cleaned up a catamaran that had lost its moorings and wreaked into the rocks. We loaded the debris onto a barge. After we cleaned a major portion of the debris we snorkeld...

Today I awoke with many mixed emotions knowing that it was my last day in the British Virgin Islands but also that I would get to see my family soon. At breakfast we were treated to donuts the size of my face; it was hard to eat two of them. Today was our service work day, so after breakfast...

Day 2: We woke up this morning to the usual breakfast routine of cereal, fruit, and glorious juice boxes. We then prepared for the day with sunscreen and filling up on water. We then went to a dive site known as wreck ally. We saw two ships, one of which was a tugboat and the other was a ferry the...

Today was our last day living in paradise, and I will be extremely sad to have to leave tomorrow. Part of the day is dedicated to service and the other is a relaxation time. Our service site was on the shoreline where a big sailboat had gone astray off a mooring ball, and ran ashore. We collected all the...