long overdue

the week after we came back from samoa we had our marine ecology class. classes that week were quite long. class was basically from ten to six with an hour break for lunch in between. but it was great fun: scientific lab writeups, field days at four in the morning, abalone diving (>_<) - the water was freaking cold, and an endless amount of time spent on measuring ornate limpets. ahh, the sense of accoplishment one feels at the end of five days of nonstop work. but i skipped out on environmental literature to backpack for nine days [more on that after i get a good nights rest]. i'm just really excited to sleep not on the ground tonight. but here's a few from marine ecology week.

4 am wakeup calls

snowcapped mountains and quadrats

going abalone diving

"cats eye" - [i love this kinda stuff!]