{"id":7836,"date":"2023-08-02T04:38:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T04:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/?p=7836"},"modified":"2023-08-04T17:46:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T17:46:41","slug":"shaw-seagrass-and-lesbian-seagulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/shaw-seagrass-and-lesbian-seagulls\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2: Shaw, Seagrass, and Lesbian Seagulls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By: Stella, Isabella, Riya<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today’s destination was Shaw Island, the smallest of the four San Juan islands. At 6:30 am, we were awoken by Barry\u2019s quiet knock (or by our roommates if the knocking wasn\u2019t enough). We ate breakfast, packed lunch, and debated whether cheddar cheese and strawberry jam were a good combination. We loaded up the van and rushed to the ferry terminal, only to find our ferry was delayed a little over an hour. After some aimless wandering and stopping at the Salty Fox for drinks, we boarded the ferry and proceeded to reenact the Titanic (a rite of passage for ferry rides).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[Photo credit goes to Riya and depicts Una, Stella, Caleb, William, and Cleo flawlessly recreating the iconic Titanic scene]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While the ferry was parked at one of the stops before Shaw, we observed a few seagulls and passionately discussed lesbian seagulls. You had to be there. Sorry blog readers (not sorry).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[Photo by Stella – Seagull contemplating her sexuality]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When we arrived at Shaw, we made a quick stop at the best (and only) store on the entire island, the Shaw General Store. We picked up snacks (we were already hungry) and admired the Dr. Bronner\u2019s soap selection (more on this a little later). Once back on the road, we made our way to the beach, excited to collect Eelgrass seeds to assist Dr. Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria, Dr. Cinde Donoghue, and DNR in their conservation efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Half of us suited up in waders, and the other half were left with rubber boots (I\u2019m still salty I didn’t get waders)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[Photo credit goes to Stella and depicts Lizzy, Caleb, Sonja, Riya, Keelin, and Cleo in their waders]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We were given a brief on how to identify the flowering shoots and the phases of the seeds to ensure successful collection, and then we were off to work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[Photo credit goes to Stella and depicts Cleo, Una, and Maya looking awesome in their gear]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Some of us were more successful than others, and some simply provided moral support, like our BBBBBBB (beloved beautiful bashful best bag boy Brian). If you can\u2019t tell from the name, he held the net for the seeds we collected. We lost some steam as we went on, but we were pretty successful (expected as we are such a hardworking, amazing, and cool group). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[Photo credit goes to Stella and Brian and the aforementioned boot is depicted in the photo.]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After collecting eelgrass seeds, we stripped off our boots and waders. Our gear managed to keep most of us relatively dry, with the exception of Brain, who fully imposed the fact that his boots were filled to the brim with water. As he walked up the path to the parking lot, his boot squelched loudly, and water poured out the sides. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We ate lunch in a grassy field. It was a much-needed break after the hard work of eelgrass seed collection. Sadly our break was not long because, after about fifteen minutes, we were informed that the tide was too high to go out again and that we had two options: 1) Race across the island to the ferry that left in ten minutes 2) Spend the next five hours on Shaw doing who knows was and get back late. Needless to say, we chose the former. So in the blink of an eye, we packed up our lunches, put our boots in the back of the van, and were off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Little did we know that when we arrived at the ferry terminal, the ferry still had not reached the terminal. So the group decided to go to The General Store again to see what Shaw’s only store had to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[Photo credit gose to Riya. The picture depicts Caleb and Willam proudly displaying Dr. Bronner.]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Once again, Caleb was enamored by the bottles of Dr. Bronner’s Soap. He loudly touted the many amazing uses of the bottle of eighteen-in-one of soap. When asked for a comment about the Dr. Bronners for the blog, Caleb said he would be keeping all of his Dr. Bronner opinions to himself for now so that he would be able to later share them on his own. I encourage you, dear reader, to keep a lookout for Caleb’s Dr. Bronner opinions which hopefully will grace the internet soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the way back from Shaw Island (a very fun but tiring outing), the ferry which we ran to catch ended up getting delayed by an hour. We were \u201csooo disappointed\u201d that the cars couldn\u2019t get out of the ferry because that meant we wouldn\u2019t have<\/em> to \u2013 oh I mean GET to! \u2013 go to the Friday Harbor Labs and instead got a chance to explore town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[Yeah, needless to say, it was pretty sunny out. I swear we\u2019re usually better-looking than this – photo creds to Caleb] <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Me and my gals (and Brian!) decided to check out the various nail-bitingly-expensive goods of San Juan. First, we headed to a toy store appropriately named Toy Box to get some fun games for us to play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[Brian got UNO! \u2013 a much-needed classic \u2013 and Millie found some fun GLOW IN THE DARK putty (which Dr. Bronner\u2019s could have obviously substituted for, duhhh). – photo creds to Riya] <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After that, Cleo joined us and Brian DITCHED US when we went to some boutique shops (wait that makes sense: I don\u2019t know why he\u2019d wanna go to a boutique) that were WAYYYY out of our budget\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[Millie bought a toy that reminded me of a certain Doctor Octavius\u2026 Cleo loved him!! :)] <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But besides that, we were too broke to afford any clothes or good stuff, even though we found some gems: toddler sunglasses and an overpriced fedora (it was $50)!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[Cleo was ready for Oppenheimer!!! photo cred to Millie] <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It’s all good though \u2013 we visited a thrift shop right after where Cleo got suchhh<\/em> a good deal on brand new Levi\u2019s. Like $30 dollars \u2013 for a brand new pair! The thrift store was definitely more in our budget. Oh yeah \u2013 and the thrift store also had so many Barbie dolls\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[WE. ARE. KENOUGH. – photo creds to Riya] <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After our shopping, we strolled back to the school and met up with the hardworking essay writers Keelin and Maya and walked home. Super exhausting day, but so much fun!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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