Turtle Watch

Hey Guys!

We are leaving tomorrow morning for an overnight turtle watch, so I just wanted to get a quick note in before then. I had my first few lectures today. The first one was a guest lecture with one of the world's leading sea turtle experts, J. Nichols. He does some incredible work with conservation of the species and was the first person to track a turtle swimming across an entire ocean! Check out his blog (wallacejnichols.org). It is very interesting and worth a read. He was also part of the creation of an environmentalist organization called the Eco-Dare Devils. Their website is also worth browsing. Later on in the day, we took the boats out and did some cruising on the ocean. I am already starting to get some color from all the sun I've been getting. Sweet deal!

I've gotten very used to the campus already, which is nice. All of the students and staff are really nice. They are from all over the country, so it has been great getting to meet new people from a variety of places. The food is really good too. It's authentic Mexican food made by cooks from in town. The tortillas are absolutely amazing! Speaking of which, I have to go eat some right now :)

Miss you all! Keep in touch!

-Erin