Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Wallop's Island

Calvin and 34 other 7th graders, another Dad and I, and two teachers went to Wallops Island on a 7th Grade field trip, September 24-25-26-27.

We left from Burley on a Wednesday morning a little after 8:00. The gifted teacher drove the school bus. The other teacher drove his pickup truck with many of the suitcases and duffels. The rest of us squeezed into the school bus. Many of the kids were three to a seat. We arrived at a Visitor's Center around noon and stayed there for lunch, a movie, a hike, and to see the salt marsh and the WWII bunkers. We were there until almost 3pm. We arrived at the Marine Science Consortium campus around 4:20 pm. We quickly unpacked, had dinner and then had a lab from 6:00-9:15 pm. Lights were out at 11:00.

Thursday morning we took a trip to the Dunes. Rain and wind were awful, precluding any photos. Thursday afternoon was the trip to the Intertidal Waterway. Weather was the same, once again precluding any photos.

Friday morning was the Research Vessel Boat Trip. Weather here was great, but forecast was lousy and I wasn't sure about the parameters of the boat, so there were no photos from the boat, either.

The slide show below has 38 photos. It takes a minute or two to see them all.
All of these are from the bus ride down, the lab, and general outside shots of the buildings we used. Cal and I stayed with six other boys in Port Hall, the first maroon door beyond the tree in one of the photos. Other photos include the dining hall, and the class/lab building.

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