2016

"Wake up it is ‪5:45‬", the call I woke up to until I rolled over and fell asleep for another 30 min. Today was the day we were in charge of breakfast for all of the groups and cabin by cabin everyone started to show up. We rapped up breakfast with time to spare and then made our way...

Today's activities were turtle tagging, studying invertabrets, and a team challenge on the beach. We started with a lecture over turtle biology and populations all over the world by Dr. Shannon Gore, a Dallas native who used to live just a few miles from Jesuit. We learned how the practices of turtle hunting, regulation, and egg collection positively and...

The day started with my cabin making breakfast for the rest of the class. The breakfast consisted of cereal, honey buns and chobani yogurt. Right after breakfast, we had a presentation by Dr. Gore about turtles and turtle catching. She taught us about the turtles we would be catching and showed us how to properly grab the turtle with...

Day three, like the previous mornings, started bright and early. We met at Mango house for a feast consisting heavily of cereals and muffins. Next, Dr. Shannon Gore briefed us on sea turtle basics and how to properly catch them. I was quite surprised to learn that not all sea turtle species are critically endangered and in fact some...

Today started off by waking up at 6:30 and eating breakfast in the Mango cabin. After breakfast was over, we headed down to the wifi room for a quick introduction and presentation of turtles and turtle tagging by Dr. Shannon Gore. We learned the migration patterns of sea turtles, such as where they are born, where they mate, and...

Today at 7:15 Mango Cabin served breakfast that consisted of cereal, bagels, and muffins before heading down to the lounge to listen to a presentation on sea turtles by Dr. Gore. The presentation taught us about the turtles in the local area before the sea monkey and sea dragon split up to actually go and catch turtles. ...

Today was the first morning that another cabin had to make breakfast for us. While it wasn't as good as the previous two breakfasts, the cereal I had was very satisfactory. After applying an enormous amount of sunscreen, we went to meet Dr. Shannon, who is a turtle conservationist. She told us about the history of turtles in the...

July 14 Today we woke up at 6:30 and prepared for turtle tagging and snorkeling in Savannah bay looking at invertebrates. For breakfast we went to Mango cabin for breakfast and then we went to the media room for a presentation on sea turtles from Dr. Shannon Gore. She told us about the lifecycle of a turtle, the threat level...

7/14/16       Today my cabin hosted breakfast which consisted of cereal, yogurt, muffins, and fruit. Before breakfast however a couple of chickens took interest in us and walked around our porch with us. After breakfast we met Dr. Gore from ARK to give us a presentation about sea turtles and how to catch and tag one since that...