Location: Tenerife, Canaries
The morning started with a fantastic breakfast of “toads in a hole” cooked by JP, our head chef today! Then we went down below for class, listened to our OCE lit presentations, and learned some amazing things. Did you know dolphins have special whistles for each other, much like our use of names? Or have the same techniques been used for thousands of years for commercial fishing? After our presentations, we went back on deck for the largest BA (Boat Appreciation) of the trip to date. We started at nine and ended at 2, and we spent the whole time scrubbing, waxing, shinning, and fixing anything and everything we could on Argo. After a fantastic hotdog lunch, we went out for our first taste of the Canary Islands. It is beautiful here, and I, for one, find myself constantly wishing that my loved ones could be here with me and experience this amazing adventure, too. The highlight of my day, however, was walking back after the day’s adventures and seeing how bright Argo sparkled. It’s nice to see what we can accomplish when we all work together. Lastly, I would like to give a shout-out to all of my girls back home. I miss you, Mom, Omie, Morgan, Mckenna, and Erin.