The past few days in Puerto Penasco, Mexico have been quite an adventure, and exhausting at the same time. But Friday was the most fun and interesting day of all. On Friday we took a very bumpy boat ride to Bird Island to go scuba diving. Some people got very sea sick which made the rest of the trip miserable from them. I felt terrible. One of them worked very hard to be scuba certified, but was unable to go scuba diving with us because of her sea sickness. But once we got to Bird Island it was beautiful. Mainly the sea loins and marine life were beautiful; the island itself, especially the smell I could have done with out. Once we got into the water there was so many fish and sea life I was overwhelmed with excitement. The sea lions would swim right up to you, there was at least six or seven different species of star fish (some as big as my head), tons of sea cucumbers, and the deadly scorpion fish. I had such a blast. I love scuba diving and defiantly want to explore more of the underwater world.
The next day was a perfect day to relax in the class room and listen to lectures all day, which is what we did. It might not have had the excitement Friday had but I learned a lot about marine life, marine mammals, invertebrates, marine ecology, and estuaries. I'm excited for the rest of my week at CEDO.