The Winding Down of Our Trip

Today is our last full day on the Mildred Belle. We are headed to Point Lookout today, and tomorrow we will go from Point Lookout to St. Mary's. Once we reach St. Mary's, we will be riding in the van back to the College of Notre Dame.

Yesterday we went to the Calvert Marine Museum. There were lots of neat things to see there, including two river otters, several skates and rays and some neat fossils. After the museum, the crew surprised the students by taking them for pizza! It was fantastic.

Last night, we slept in the woods. That was the first night we had truly been in the middle of a forest, and we made a mistake. Two people left their cokes from the pizza place setting out on the table and the raccoons found us. About 2 hours after we went into our tents for the night, some of us woke up after hearing a cup being opened and paws scurrying across the ground. After scaring the raccoons away with flashlights, the cups were sealed tightly in a plastic bag. They came back later in the night, but we scared them away again. I don't think any of us enjoyed sharing our campsite with them. On top of the raccoons keeping us up, several people suddenly began to talk (or yell)in their sleep. All I know is that T.J. must have been attacked by orange juice in his dreams.

This morning we walked along a beach looking for shark teeth. Only two people were successful, but most of us left with some neat rocks and shells. Now we are on the boat and the students are in charge. Starboard watch is currently in control of the boat and on the way to their end point. Once they reach the end point, Port watch will take over to get us to the next point. At Point Lookout, we will be giving out awards and doing other neat things at camp tonight.

The new pictures are of students completing different tasks around the boat.