I have been back from the Bahamas for a little over two weeks now and I am gonna say that the trip was a lot of fun, but it was also a lot of work. We studied some of the coral reefs down there and learned how coral fossil assemblages can be used to solve problems in modern reefs. Another topic that we studied was beach dynamics and how to map and profile them. It was surprising to see how much these beaches change. Yeah, so I spent a lot of my time at the Bahamas either snorkeling or walking along a beach. Its OK I know you're jealous.
It was a great time and I saw a lot of cool things such as stromatolites, a nurse shark, and an octopus eat a pretty big crab. Here is a picture of the professor holding some stromatolites for the class.
(Picture courtesy of Dana Friend)
On a different subject, I am getting some pretty good training in lately. I am well beyond where I was last year at this time even with me taking two weeks off the bike to go to the Bahamas. If I keep this up I should be able to put up some pretty good results early in the season. My first race is hopefully two weeks away with Le Tour de Notre Dame du Lac, which is a collegiate race series put on by my brother Tim. The only hold up with those races is that I might not have a collegiate license by the time the races roll around because I am waiting for the Cornell College Cycling Club application to be processed. Hopefully I will be giving a good race report here within the next few weeks instead of just watching everyone else race.
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