{"id":5901,"date":"2017-07-16T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/?p=5901"},"modified":"2017-07-16T17:32:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-16T17:32:00","slug":"hawaii-in-the-san-juans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/hawaii-in-the-san-juans\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii in the San Juans"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Aaron, Peter, Rosie\u2014<\/p>\n

For one of the first times in hundreds of years a traditional Hawaiian vessel shared the waterways of the San Juans with a traditional Coast Salish vessel. <\/span><\/p>\n

Our day began with the lavender festival, an annual celebration hosted by Pelindaba Lavender Farm. \u00a0We ate and tried all things imaginable that were infused with lavender including coffee, ice cream, lotions and teas. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Afterwards we raced back to the labs to collect our tethered snails before the tide could rise and hide our specimens. We got there just in time to get the data we needed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lead by Matt Wickey, canoe builder and cultural expert, we set out in the two canoes at about six o\u2019clock. \u00a0The Hawaiian canoe named Kaigani was made in Poulsbo Washington by an expert boat builder in a fusion of Tahitian and Hawaiian style. \u00a0The Coast Salish canoe was built in Friday harbor by youth and community members using cedar strip technique.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hawaiian canoe: Kaigani<\/p><\/div>\n

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We ventured out of Mitchell Bay to Mosquito Pass and eventually Westcott Bay as the sun set to the West. \u00a0Many songs were sung and conversions had before the peaceful journey came to an end.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After, we cruised back to the Friday Harbor Labs for some nightlighting. \u00a0We took a powerful LED light and hung it off the dock into the water. \u00a0For many smaller organisms such as zooplankton and copepods, the light indicates to them the proximity to the surface, the desired feeding location.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"The water was soon teaming with life of all kinds. \u00a0The organisms arived nearly in order of their level on the food chain. \u00a0First the tiny plankton, then the larger copepods and worms, next came small fish. \u00a0Had we stayed out longer we likely would have seen this trend continue. \u00a0It was striking to see how such a light brought so many organisms into view.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We ended the evening with a few glimpses of magical bioluminescence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By: Aaron, Peter, Rosie\u2014 For one of the first times in hundreds of years a traditional Hawaiian vessel shared the waterways of the San Juans with a traditional Coast Salish vessel. Our day began with the lavender festival, an annual celebration hosted by Pelindaba Lavender Farm. \u00a0We ate and tried all things imaginable that were infused with lavender including coffee, ice cream, lotions and teas. \u00a0 Afterwards we raced back to the labs to collect our tethered snails before the tide could rise and hide our specimens. We got there just in time to get the data we needed.\u00a0 Lead by Matt Wickey, canoe builder and cultural expert, we set … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5912,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5901\/revisions\/5912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}