By Sara, Jaimie, Arielle, and Jake —

This morning we woke at8:30 am for our normal breakfast. Once we finished eating, we wrote our blogs from the longboat trip and sorted through pictures. We then went to the local farmer’s market where we encountered many stands selling fresh produce and handmade goods.

Photos by Seth Grant

After an hour at the farmers market, we walked back to the dorm for a quick break. Afterwards, we walked to the San Juan Island Museum of Art where we looked at pictures by Ansel Adams, Ernest H. Brooks II, and Dorothy Kerper Monnelly.

Tom, our media consultant, gave us quick lesson on the camera that these photographers use(d). For instance, the brownie camera that Ansel Adams first used. After our lesson from Tom, we had time to browse the museum some more before returning to the dorm.

Back at the dorm, we had a debriefing about the longboat trip, where we talked about what we liked and didn’t like about the trip. We then did a self-evaluation of our team skills. After this time of debriefing, some of us helped prepare dinner, while others had time to explore the town and play board games. For dinner, we enjoyed some burritos as well as ice cream for dessert.

Following dinner, we played a game called ‘Song Wars’ and then the evening resulted in us singing karaoke. The songs selected consisted entirely of Disney soundtracks.

By Arielle —

Yesterday we spent the day mostly relaxing after our exhausting longboat experience. However late last night we all had an experience I don’t think any of us will ever forget.

Photos by Seth Grant

When it was just getting dark we headed down to the Friday Harbor Lab docks with two large waterproof lights.

We then dropped the lights about a foot into the water and sat back and watched as the sea just about came to life right before our eyes.

Different creatures from all over came attracted to the light. We saw Gunnels, Shrimp, a collection of fish, and much more as the sun slowly set behind the horizon.

The Sea Anemone coating the underside of the dock practically glowed in the dim bluish shine of the light, swaying softly in the currents. We stayed at the dock until 11:00 pm, watching the life down below in a way that none of us had ever seen before.