Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Today we headed into town and had the opportunity to visit several local stops, including the beach. We went to a beautiful area that had countless conch shells. We were told by the regular visitors here that we are allowed to bring back one fully mature conch shell so I selected one to bring back to the states. We also were able to visit two areas with coral reefs, Rocky Point and Rice Bay. I accidentally slipped on a wet rock at Rocky Point. I was fine but decided it would be best to take it easy for most of the day. The evening was enjoyable as we got to conduct several tests on the water we had collected from the ocean over the past several days. I chose to do the alkalinity test so I measured the alkalinity levels of three different water samples. We each conducted our tests and provided the results to one of the researchers so they can put this information into a database where they have been collecting information for about five years now. By analyzing the data over time, they will be able to look for different trends, areas of concern, and more.