The Life and People San Salvador

I found this video on YouTube. It is a great insight to island life and the people. I decided I am going to love it already because it sounds like it has a small town feeling, just like Pinckney! You will be able to see where I will be staying, The Gerace Research Center.
CHALLENGE QUESTION: Watch the 10 minute video. Focus on the children. Think of 2 ways you are like the children in San Salvador and 2 ways you are different. Write out or draw a picture of your answer.

How did you get interested in doing a project with Earthwatch?

I have been doing beach clean-ups along Lake Michigan with my family and friends for about 5 years now on behalf of an organization called the Alliance for the Great Lakes. We camp out at Nordhouse Wilderness Dunes and spend a few hours walking the beach picking up things like food wrappers, cigarette butts and pieces of plastic that wash up on the shore, or that people leave behind. In the photo I am holding a bag of trash with my dog, Coco.
My son Carlo and I like to snorkel in Lake Michigan and even in Pinckney! We look for fish and interesting things underwater. I will be snorkeling every day on the science expedition with Earthwatch in the Bahamas. I will be recording data about the coral reefs around the island of San Salvador.
CHALLENGE QUESTION:
How far is it from Pinckney (Michigan, USA) to San Salvador Island, Bahamas in miles? In kilometers? Draw a picture and explain how you found your answer. Hint: try this website http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm