Mike, Forest, and I presented our project one morning, then turned our papers in that evening. The presentation went very well, probably the best-rehearsed, -written, and -designed science presentation I've ever done. Luckily, Forest enjoys visual design, and made it all very pretty. With the paper, we'll see how that was when I get it back two days from now.
Everyone was quite exhausted after all the presentations and papers, so I think it was no accident that the next morning we headed off for a one-night excursion to the mangrove forests about two hours south, on the Pacific coast. Mangroves are super-cool, consisting of just a few plant species (all trees) that can tolerate very high salt concentrations, and have cool adaptation to deal with all the salt. Also, one species has prop roots that make an excellent jungle gym. Our trip was very light on the pedagogy, and more heavy on the playing in the prop roots, lounging on a beach near the biology station, and some exploring in the morning. All in all, very relaxing for everyone. Plus, I got my first "legal" beer since turning 21 two weeks before. Good times.
Since being back at Palo Verde, we've been mostly studying for our midterm tomorrow, as well as working on insect IDs, and plant dichotomous keys. I still feel pretty relaxed though, we really have quite a bit of time to work on everything. I'm trying to mix in some enjoying of our last few days here at the national park. Late-night excursions into the wetlands are awesome: stalking little crocodiles and big birds, catching frogs, just feeling the mud envelop your feet. Yeah, good times.
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