After dinner, Jer brought his guitar out to the dinner table to play us a few songs. We passed the guitar around and revealed some hidden talent in the group. What started off as aContinue reading
Last night was our second full night of patrols (the first night we went home without seeing a single turtle). I started the night off not knowing what exactly to expect from it. During ourContinue reading
Success! We officially survived our first full night patrol on Sandy Point! Breaking the class into three groups, one group went out to the grassy side from 8:00 p.m. -12:00 a.m. while the other twoContinue reading
Last night we were surprised to hear that we would be having the night patrol off, until roughly an hour later when a message came through saying a turtle had been spotted. I had hadContinue reading
As usual, we met at Turtle Camp at 7:30, ready for the long night of patrols. I made sure to cover my ankles and arms with bug repellent cream, and finally remembered to pack myContinue reading
At 7:30 pm we all met up for a meeting at turtle camp where one of the staff explained that tonight we would be looking for a “star nine” from the previous night (a turtleContinue reading
With a gust we are blown from Chart House, over yonder to the gathering at camp. Bug bites from last, with spray we must douse, by the faint red light of a headlamp. A ricketyContinue reading
Waking up before eight in the morning is usually hard for me, if not physically impossible. But yesterday morning, I had lifted my groggy body out of bed at the crack of 6:00 am withContinue reading
We loaded up with a seatbelts-buckled time of 10 AM this morning. No island time here! Before we left I was able to share the very important life skill of brewing coffee (without a Keurig…)Continue reading
At the crack of noon, we woke from our turtley dreams and hurried to scarf down our customary bagel-and-apple breakfast before heading out to Salt River Museum about half an hour away. The Salt RiverContinue reading
