I'm uploading a video to facebook because try as I might, my blog won't let me upload it. We were supposed to be working on our mapping project and got a little sidetracked. You'll see what I mean. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151480588251737&set=vb.666151736&type=2&theater Yesterday was perfection; one of those days that you know that years from now, you'll look back on as one of the best days of your life. We got the day off and one of our boat captains drove us two hours east to a little deserted island called Pigeon Key. You know those cheesy island calendars that you buy full of beach
Day 47 There is a single road that runs the entire length of the island and that is the only way to get from one end to the other (short of having your own boat and sailing around). The shop is about half an hour away from the intern house and this morning we made it about ten minutes before being stopped to find out the road is blocked for the triathlon. So there is no way to get to work today, which is just fine by all of us because another storm is rolling in. So Valentine's Day was absolutely amazing.
Day 38 I truly do apologize for the lack of updates. By the time I ever have any time to write in the evening, I'm usually too exhausted from the day's fun to bother turning on my computer. But here's what's been happening the past week. Saturday we hitchhiked our way to the iguana park. I love that hitchhiking is a thing here. Don't worry we all stayed together as a group and the general rule is you only jump in the backs of trucks; don't get into a the cab of a stranger's vehicle. Finding our way there and back was
Day 31 It's Friday! But every day is Friday here. We started out the morning by taking our Rescue exams. 50/50! So easy to do well on things you actually care about. And then we went tubing, complete with photo shoot because the shop wants to start offering tubing to people. I'm not going to lie, as fun as it was, it was also a thoroughly painful experience. We rock-paper-scissored for who got to ride first, and Holly and Matt won. So we watched them bounce around until they finally flipped and all had a good laugh, until it was Aaron