Change over at Friday Harbor for a change
Sunday, October 14, 2007
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Over breakfast, we enjoyed a rare connection to the outside world over the internet. Afterwards, we cranked up the anchor to head out to meet Western Prince for Tim’s vessel noise recordings. We began the weekly clean up of the boat—cleaning the oven, bilge pumps, under the sinks…Alex put forth a good effort of using up some of our still-abundant produce by cooking up French-style veggie omelets for lunch as we pumped out our (very full) holding tank and refilled our (quite empty) water tank at Friday Harbor. Team VATO entered the last of their data on systems and science, backed up the hard drive, weighed the waste (3 kg), recycling (4.6 kg) and compost (6.6 kg), and downloaded the GPS data for the week. After grabbing some fresh apple cider off the Friday Harbor Lab docks, we met up with Team JAMI and drove to meet Jason’s friends, Noel and Anne Monin. The Monins are making a concerted effort to reduce their carbon footprint and increase their sustainability. Over freshly baked pumpkin bread and brewed coffee with raw milk, we discussed some of their choices and efforts, including cooking foods from scratch (chicken broth, mayonnaise, sour cream), gardening, canning, composting, etc. Afterwards, Team JAMI loaded up the Gato Verde, while Team VATO headed back to the dorms at the labs. We enjoyed a Lebanese feast prepared by Wes for an early dinner, and then settled into a long evening of data analysis.
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