Beam Reach

Roche Changeover

Sunday, September 23, 2007

We had a bit of a sleep in and woke up for breakfast at 8:30 am at Roche Harbor. Shannon took her weekly shower as the rest of the team packed up their stuff to move off the Gato Verde. The rest of the morning was spent cleaning up and catching up on data entry. After lunch of grilled cheese and tomato soup, we joined the land team for a talk by guest expert, Marla Holt. Dr. Holt spoke about studying acoustics in marine mammals. Val, Anne, Ashleigh, Tim, Sam, Alex, and Todd climbed onboard, settled in, and unpacked the food for the week. We disconnected from shore power and motored out of Roche Harbor as the sun was just starting to sink a bit lower in the sky. We pulled into one of our favorite haunts for the night, Snug Harbor. Anne started baking some bread using Jason’s sourdough starter, “Bubbles,” and then started knitting a hat for Ashleigh. Todd hoisted students up the mast, with Sam first in line and Tim second. Alex read, Shannon caught up on email, Val boosted the memory in the Beam Reach laptop, and Tim and Ashleigh prepared veggie burgers for dinner.