Tuesday and Thursday we went to South Cove to look at the tide pools.
Did I mention we do science? These are very scientific tools that we use to make elevation measurements. They're PVC pipes that are labeled every centimeter. It's great. And this is my friend, Rachel. We're also wearing matching waders. It's great.
{ignore the fact that my eyes are closed...}
Both days it was a little rainy and overcast cloudy. But sometimes a little mist makes things look prettier. Although it also makes it colder, which isn't very fun. It's fun though, because we can see lots of cool things and we even saw a sea! Aw, they're cute.
There's a bit of a funny story with the following picture. We were getting ready to leave so we were all making out way back to the beach and then up to our cars but we were all going at our own pace. My friend Jessica & I happened to be a little ahead of the rest of the class so we were having a jolly time checking out some sealife. We happened upon a pool where there was an anemone (green with what looks like are fangs) and an empty urchin shell (spiky purple). So wanting to see what would happen, we put the empty urchin on the anemone. And like it should, it thought it was food and the anemone started to eat the empty urchin.
We just left it there, after we took some pictures. Little did we know, our professor, Dr. Holyoak was not too far behind it so he walked past it and saw the same thing and called us back to see the cool thing that was happening. We didn't have the heart to tell him what had really happened so... now most our class thinks this is a real thing when in reality, we just falsified nature. We're bad people, aren't we?
Wednesday & Friday though, we went other places. Wednesday we went to Charleston Point which is just north of us. And the picture of that is the picture I posted in this post. It was a beautiful day. Sunshine and blue skies and cute creatures. It was lovely.
Yesterday, however, was our mud day. So we went to the mud flats, just south of us. It was pouring rain in the morning and then right as were were about to leave, it got really nice. And then during our walk down the street, Dr. Holyoak must've been praying for rain because by the time we walked the 1/2 mile, it was starting to drizzle and it was cold & windy. So we worked in the cold and as we were coming home, it all cleared up and it was perfectly sunny the rest of the day, rude.
We found some little clams and worms and stuff. Exciting, huh? But! I did get some good pictures.
Typical Oregon Selfie.
{Muddy boots}
So typically we go out on an early adventure in the mornings and then we come back and have lunch and then have class for a few hours and then have dinner and then we have homework or research time. It's a pretty nice schedule.
Although the RM in me has a really hard time without knowing my schedule and having a super productive day all planned out. But it's getting better. We're getting into a better groove.
There you go.
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