A great day for another bus ride, stock up, and move to Glover’s Reef! We got a ferry ride to the atoll, which was so beautiful for the parts I was awake for. Ablaze skies, intense wind, and cool sea mist. And three whole hours of it too! Ian did get a little sunburned though, and Elise and Noelle got great watch tans.

As soon as we landed, it was so beach. After a nice tour around the area, a meeting with Clivus, the compost toilet, and dodging the hermit crabs that littered the beach, it was time for dinner! But first, as we unloaded, all of us tried to crack open this old coconut on the beach floor. After a lot of hitting, we finally got some water from it, which was really salty and scrumptious. On top of that, dinner was super yummy, consisting of rice, beans, and vegetables. We then sat on the dock for hours and hours, talking, basking in the setting sun, and taking pictures. 

Finally, it was time for my taxon presentation on parrotfish, as well as two really interesting talks by Zoe and Claire C. on soft coral and parrotfish evolution respectively. Can’t wait to see what we find in the reef tomorrow!

(No parrotfish yet, but definitely tomorrow)