Triumphant Return (Sunday, July 5)

I took an early flight back from the wedding to West Palm Beach to meet back up with the group after my weekend away. We'll be here at HBOI for the next two weeks, at which point we leave for Tanzania.


I returned to some general lectures on ecology and environmental science, specifically in south Florida marine ecosystems and the Everglades. We also had a talk by Dr. David Jessup, from the California Dept. of Fish and Game, on the red tides in Monterey Bay, which I saw for myself about two years ago when I was living in San Francisco.

Here at HBOI we have a great cafeteria for our meals, and we're staying in the post-doc housing. We have a few little apartments--the one I'm staying in is two bedrooms and one bathroom for eight girls--so that should be interesting. They have bunk beds and even a bunk bed in the living room! I managed to get a non-bunk-bed, and I'm sharing a bedroom with Jaimie, a vet student from University of Florida.