Breakfast, the joyful part of everyone’s morning when that first meal is served, and for those of us who aren’t morning people, enjoying a cup of coffee. This morning happened to bring forth eggs, toast and VERY LARGE MUFFINS all of which tasted amazing. After eating and congregating at our first breakfast, it was decided that a tour was in order to set up boundaries and see the little town of Friday Harbor. By “little,” we mean little; this small town is so close together that its almost impossible to get lost. That being said, what was lost in quantity was for sure made up in quality as Friday Harbor was immaculately clean and all so adorable.<\/p>\n
After walking the quaint yet charming streets of Friday Harbor, we headed back to the dorms for some lunch. \u00a0We dove into all sorts of sandwiches, salads, and more to fuel ourselves for our next outing: a visit to the Friday Harbor Laboratories associated with the University of Washington. \u00a0After arriving at the Lab, we boarded the Centennial, UW’s marine research vessel.<\/p>\n We headed out onto Griffin Bay so we could let down a net to trawl along the sea floor to pick up some of the local diverse flora and fauna.<\/p>\n After pulling the net on the ocean floor for about 10 minutes, the captain pulled up the net and released all the catch onto a sorting table for us to look through.<\/p>\n We were all amazed by all of the shrimp, crab, sea slugs, nudibranchs, sea stars, scallops, clams, and much more.<\/p>\n We all felt like true research scientists when we were aboard the Centennial, and it was a great first experience in the field for us.<\/p>\n After we returned from the Friday Harbor Laboratories we enjoyed an amazing dinner which consisted of pasta salad and grilled chicken accompanied by various vegetables. After we finished our delicious dinner we headed off to the Community Theater for a lecture by Dr. Lauren Mullineaux, a senior researcher and biology professor at Woods Hole, MA, which was about deep sea hydrothermal vent communities.<\/p>\n And now, we’re enjoying some relaxation time as we conclude our day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Gabi, Paradis, Chloe, and Daniel- Wake up early in the morning, anxious of this new world and what it was offering us on our first day. The sun shining, the clouds low; it didn’t look like the San Juan Island. It was a new world and we are happy to be here. Some of us woke up really early to rock and roll, and some of us were ready to sing Bruno Mars’s\u00a0The Lazy Song.\u00a0But no matter how much were anxious or tired, we all were excited to be part of this new adventure called\u00a0The Salish Sea Sciences Program. Breakfast, the joyful part of everyone’s morning when that first … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0354.jpg\")
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