Bahamas Love: A Coco Thunder and Jonny Bravo Production
Today started out as one of those days where it seemed like the best part would be when it was time to go to sleep. The once “burst of excitement” and surge of curious energy at the break of dawn seemed to be replaced by sluggishness and even a slight sense of home sickness. This was powered even further by the knowledge that today would be our first full day in the field, meaning we wouldn’t get to return to the “comfort” of the GRC for our usual “old man nap” between morning and afternoon field trips. The bright and mysterious paradise we had come to, somehow began to feel like an old oven set to extra crispy. Even Coco Thunder and Jonny Bravo were unable to muster out the usual vocal nirvana used to pep everyone up for the day ahead during the morning truck ride. Right when the Wittenberg Crew appeared to have hit a wall…WE SAW A SEA TURTLE!!! Personally this re-booted our want to learn about this tiny island of San Salvador. After seeing the teenage mutant ninja turtle we visited French Bay. Here we found pelagic fish (fish found in deeper waters normally off the reef) and other interesting creatures of the sea, as well as the largest and most diverse reef we have seen to date. At this site we were able to see a HUGE stingray that looked like a batman vehicle, then we were able to observe an eagle ray that seemed to “fly” majestically through the water, but our favorite parts of the day would have to be seeing the Caribbean spiny lobsters, since they are so good to eat. We also saw a rare and elusive Technicolor zebra striped Dr. Welch. At the conclusion of our experiences at French Bay, we drove around the entire island. This portion of the adventure consumed about an hour and a half on the “Super Speedway” passing lakes, palm trees and the lovely inhabitants of the Bahamas. Finally we arrived back at our home away from home the GRC for rest and our evening class before starting all over again tomorrow.
This blog brought to you by: Coco Thunder aka (Will McKelvey ’10) and Jonny Bravo aka (Lewis Hebert ’12)