The past two months have been pretty busy. Mostly I worked. I took on a month long sub position at a school and then went straight into my summer job. That meant lots of long hour days full of training.
Thankfully we are settling nicely into our summer schedule. This still means 6 days a week of long hours, but at least they are long hours on the boat instead of inside somewhere.
During training we took an all staff cruise out on a beautiful sunny day. It included bubble feeding humpbacks, seals, sea lions, and even a rainbow!
I also got the opportunity to join the Forest Service on a cruise for all the fourth graders in our area! Under the Find Your Park campaign that started last year with the National Park Service, all 4th graders in the country got a national park passport for their family. Our 4th graders recently received theirs, along with a field trip on our boat to learn about biology, geology, and cultural history of the area.
For most of the day I made hot chocolate and made sure children weren't running. But I also got to point out whales, teach them the parts to the fish, and sing a silly song. Having 90 4th graders sing and dance with me to my parts of the fish song made for a pretty great day and a great way to start my season!
On my days off I have spent a lot of time near the ocean where my heart is happiest. This has included tidepooling and sunbathing! The low tides have been great the past 2 months so I have spent a lot of time making new sea creature friends! So this blog post is basically all about the new friends I have made:
Along with tidepooling we have had our first beach bonfire. There was disk golf, food, great friends, a cute little humpback, and fire twirling. One of our new staff members is from Arizona and is a fire twirler. So the season started off with a bang learning how to twirl fire!
Until next time I will leave you with this...another one of my favorite quotes by one of my favorite authors.
It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire!
~Robert Louis Stevenson~
Thankfully we are settling nicely into our summer schedule. This still means 6 days a week of long hours, but at least they are long hours on the boat instead of inside somewhere.
During training we took an all staff cruise out on a beautiful sunny day. It included bubble feeding humpbacks, seals, sea lions, and even a rainbow!
I also got the opportunity to join the Forest Service on a cruise for all the fourth graders in our area! Under the Find Your Park campaign that started last year with the National Park Service, all 4th graders in the country got a national park passport for their family. Our 4th graders recently received theirs, along with a field trip on our boat to learn about biology, geology, and cultural history of the area.
For most of the day I made hot chocolate and made sure children weren't running. But I also got to point out whales, teach them the parts to the fish, and sing a silly song. Having 90 4th graders sing and dance with me to my parts of the fish song made for a pretty great day and a great way to start my season!
On my days off I have spent a lot of time near the ocean where my heart is happiest. This has included tidepooling and sunbathing! The low tides have been great the past 2 months so I have spent a lot of time making new sea creature friends! So this blog post is basically all about the new friends I have made:
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| My Birthday Selfie...tidepooling with my love! |
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| Super low tides at George Inlet...this day we made friends with river otters, seals and deer |
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| Abalone |
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| Blood Sea Star |
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| Break dancing Brittle Sea Star |
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| Gumboot or Giant Chiton |
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| Cute little hairy crab crawling up my sleeve |
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| Irish Lord that Tristan found |
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| Morning Sun Star |
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| Ridged Blood Star |
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| Rock Scallops |
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| Cute little Sea Peach |
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| Princess Siren enjoying the beautiful sunshine! |
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| Sun Star |
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| Red and Pink Urchins |
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| Vermillion Sea Star |
Until next time I will leave you with this...another one of my favorite quotes by one of my favorite authors.
It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire!
~Robert Louis Stevenson~
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