Hey there!
After missing out on the legendary Island School run-swim, the morning exercise changed to a plain old swim. The plan was to swim out to the buoy way far away and though a couple people were successful we ended up swimming laps from the dock to shore and back for half an hour. After what seemed like forever, we finally got out of the water and had a nutritious breakfast of oatmeal and raisin bread. Yum.
After breakfast, we broke up into two groups and had lessons concerning aquaculture and fisheries. We could talk about both subjects forever but we’ll just give you the Cliff Notes. Basically, aquaculture is fish farming and we got to see firsthand how CEI is trying to find a sustainable and efficient way for aquaculture to prosper. The fisheries were also really interesting and we learned about techniques, impact, and management.
After a quick break and lunch of grilled cheese and pasta, we made our way to the Octagon for a short presentation on the fish species in our next destination, TUNNEL ROCK. We grabbed our snorkeling gear at the boathouse and boated off to the middle of the ocean, aka 30 feet deep. Once there, we jumped in, checked our new fish knowledge, and practiced our free diving. Sadly, Nick and I were rather unsuccessful but it was still beautiful to see all the fish and coral.
Then we had Exploration Time: most of us went down to the Marina on our bikes and others did the insane amount of reading in our textbook. We met at the Octagon and shared our Highs and Lows of the day before dinner. For dinner, we had soup and “cornbread.”
Before our last activity of the day we had a supahhhhh fun jam sesh, props to Ryan Looney and then watched a documentary on fisheries to wrap up our theme of the day. Nick and I passed on our caciqueships to Colleen and Danny.
Well, that’s it for the day. We’re all wiped out and ready for bed, so we’ll let you know how our day goes tomorrow!
Love,
Nick and Sami (the best caciques EVAH)
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