A much needed day off

Yesterday Rob and I took our first day off, which we needed more than we knew.  The Tropical Island Biology course is here now, so we spent the morning with them.  We went to Lindsay's Reef, which is an amazing white sandy beach with a patch reef 50ft from shore.  We finally got some snorkel time!  Rob speared a fish as we were making our way in, and as we were getting out we saw a pretty good sized black tip coming to the shore.  Of course the class rushed it to get pictures and it was scared off, but it was pretty cool to see it come in so close.

After that I spent the afternoon on the beach across from the GRC and helped the students with their assignments.  We also went with the class to the beach at sunset to collect jellyfish.  We found 3 sea wasps that will be sent to the Smithsonian as voucher specimens. 

As the bugs started coming out we started a bonfire, and we all spent the rest of the night talking to the other groups that had just arrived.  It was a good day, and it reminded me why I love this place so much. 

This is the view from the truck at Lindsay's Reef.  When you walk past the grass it's nothing but fine white sand.  Beautiful!

This is Bryan.