Florida Keys 2010: Day 3-Amber

Today was an eventful day. We all woke up early, ate breakfast, and got ready to go snorkeling/diving. The nice lady at the dive shop gave out motion sickness medicine to anyone who wanted it, which really helped some of us out. We had an awesome time diving/snorkeling! Several neat animals were seen, such as some sort of squid, a reef shark, stoplight parrotfish, an arrow crab, spiny lobster, and many more. :) Overall, the trip was a success! Especially since no one threw up today. Yay!

As far as research goes the fish group wanted me to report that they have been having some issues and had to trudge through 90 degree swamp water for data that ended up useless. But it's not for nothing! In biology, finding out something that doesn't work is just as important as finding something that does! The two anole groups are doing fairly well, we've had to change our ideas a bit, but it looks like it will all work out after all! Woo Hoo! We'll be heading out and catching some specimens tomorrow. Let the anole wrangling begin!! :)

We had some pretty awesome Sloppy Carloses (Spicy Sloppy Joes *Julie's invention*) and tater tots. :)

There's a pretty awesome storm going on with tons of rain, lightening, and thunder. We're just hoping that it doesn't interfere with tomorrows activities.

-Amber Hurlbut :D

Enjoy the Pictures!!! :)