Day 10: Just Keep Hiking

On day 10, we went one a long hike. We arrived at the cave around 9 am, and unfortunately our instructor, Dr. Becker, and our GA, Wes, were running late, so we ended up hiking to the Heiau with the other teams. When Dr. Becker and Wes caught  up to us, we ended hiking back to the cave to take some samples. We took some water samples from inside the cave and the sinkhole, and just outside the cave in the creek. After that, we hiked back to the Heiau and then onto Shipwrecked Beach, which was the same hike we did yesterday. Along the way, we took some rock samples of the different rocks. We wanted to gather them to take the spectral readings of each rock. After our very long hike, we were able to go and relax at the beach. However, it wasn’t very relaxing to me. We went in the water and it was fun at first, but then I got tossed around by the waves. It reminded me why I can’t remember the last time I actually went into the ocean.

Tonight, the hydro group sat down, amongst the chaos at the Theobald House, and started our data and research. I’d say today was a very successful day.