This post was written by Reva:
Today we trawled (a method of fishing in which a net is dragged behind the boat) twice. We put the trawl net down first in Buzzard's Bay, then in Cape Cod Bay.
The first trawl had lots of algae the second one had lots of animals and other sea life. Between the two trawls we caught many kinds of crabs and snails, several sand-dollars, a few small fish, and even some tiny shrimp. We even caught a large flounder, but unfortunately it died. Nevertheless, we all got to examine and identify the creatures with field guides. We also got a very informative lesson about the sea life.
Oh yeah, we had a really funny initiation as well because we crossed through the Cape Cod Canal. First the crew came out in Canal Sheriff costumes with water guns and made us put on huge orange life vests. Then we each had to accept funny charges for doing random stuff, and ate creamed lentils and mac n' cheese from the first night (as "punishment" for our "crimes"). It was really funny. Later we learned how to tie knots and went swimming.
Another thing today was that we played "stealth." For this game there was a clothespin that we all tried to stick to someone's clothes without them noticing, and whoever had the clothespin at the end of the day had to do something funny.
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Good to "read" from you. Sounds like you're learning a lot. Miss you.
Love, Mom and Dad
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