Day 2
7-28-2013
Our expedition today was great! We
began our day with morning beach talk where we sat in a circle and discussed
how we were feeling along with other things.
Then we enjoyed some eggs and bacon as our breakfast. After breakfast we
walked down to the dock at Rockett’s Landing and loaded up our canoes and set
off for the day. We followed the lead boat which contained Haley and Jamie.
While canoeing down the river we really got to see the beauty of the James River.
There were a lot of interesting things to see in the water
and after a while we were able to take a break and learned about our watershed
near Rockett’s Landing. Our camp scientists for the day noted that the salinity
was 0.1 ppt which indicated that we were in fresh water. The temperature of the
water was 26.4 degrees Celsius. The dissolved oxygen level was 7.22 which is
also good for the fish. It only takes 5 for them to survive healthily.
After a bit of canoeing we stopped for lunch and enjoyed
hummus and vegetable tortillas. Also we learned all about what JRA was about.
Then we pulled into the Hatcher Island where we were greeted by Ron Alexander
who was our host. Who treated us to delicious dinner after surprising with
tasty ice cold watermelon.
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