Oceanographic Cruise

Hello all!  I FINISHED MY REPORT.  It was a crazy intense long weekend of 24/7 report writing, but I got it done, and I've sent it in for feedback.  (It didn't help that the weather was beautiful and sunny all weekend.)  The final product ended up at 32 pages including figures and the appendix.  Now I'm working on putting together presentations and a "Discovery Lab" station.  But before those things happen (get excited!) I am going on an oceanographic cruise to Lower Cook Inlet for three days.  It will be like those little field days I've written about before, except I'll sleep on the boat and work for three days straight.  I'm the only one of us interns going with out boss and some other folks.  I'm a little nervous, but mostly excited :)  I haven't gotten sea sick yet, so this seems as good an opportunity as any.  The dots on the map below designate all the spots we have to stop and take samples (heave heavy devices and buckets of water over the edge of a large boat... while the guys go hiking...)

Then after my cruise we do presentations in Seldovia on Monday and then we're done at the lab and head over to Homer :,(  There's roughly a week giving presentation in Homer and then we're off to DC.  I can't believe how fast it's gone.  I don't want to leave.  I've got to go pack for my cruise, but remind me to blog about THE MYSTERY OF THE RED WATER at a later date!