2016

First thing in the morning after getting ourselves ready we ate breakfast at the Hibiscus cabin where all of the Jesuit staff chaperones cooked breakfast for us. After breakfast we headed down to commissary to listen to a presentation over sea turtles by Dr. Gore to mentally prepare us for turtle tagging later in the day. My boat...

Today, similar to the day before, began before 7 with very little alertness and excitement. After breakfast was hosted by our chaperones at Hibiscus cabin, a lovely meal of yogurt, pastries, and eggs, we meandered to the conference room for a presentation by Dr. Gore on the migration and conservation of sea turtles. The group then split up between...

The second day of the trip started off fast with a great breakfast prepared for us by the Jesuit Faculty. Mr. Kirby made his own family recipe of eggs, sausage and cheese. After breakfast, the Jesuit crew split into two teams, Sea Monkey and Sea Dragon. My group, Sea Dragon, went to go and look at invertebrates while we...

As I stated in yesterday's blog entry, yesterday was one of the most interesting days of my life. Today was one of the outright best. The day started with a pedestrian sausage and egg breakfast prepared by Dr. Kirby, followed by a search for invertebrates on the reef at Savannah Beach. The search yielded two rock-boring urchins, a giant...

The night was uneventful except for the rain. It was pouring throughout the night, and the rain kept bouncing off of the blinds and hitting me in the face. But, when I woke up at about 6:10 it was sunny and I was ready for the new day.We began our day with breakfast at the chaperones' cabin. The egg...

The second day in the BVI continued to bring many adventures and excitement. After breakfast at the teacher's cabin and a presentation on the history of sea turtles, we headed to the marina to load up the boat. We then headed to Little Dix Bay in order to try and catch and tag a sea turtle. After chasing a...

 Today was another amazing unique experience. We started off the day with a nice breakfast with a gorgeous view. I started the day searching for invertebrates by a shallow reef. Harrison and I snorkeled out to the deep edges and saw some very cool things. We saw several types of coral and fish accompanying them. My favorite moment was...

First Dr.Gore gave us a presentation on sea turtles in preparation for the turtle tagging that we were about to do. After the presentation we headed to a bay to try to tag turtles. To tag the turtles we first had to catch them which is a lot harder then it sounds. We were so close to catching one...

Today was an a very good day for me, my boat, and my cabin. First, we kicked off the day with breakfast at the teachers cabins. After that, we got to listen to a presentation about sea turtles and tagging them. Shortly after that we were loaded our stuff onto Glen, our drivers, bus. Our boat, Sea Dragon was...