Breaking in the Boots

A week and a half before I leave for Hawaii!  Two more days with students and then summer officially begins!  This past weekend I got to break in my new hiking shoes with Jeff and Luke (my puppy) at the Fort Worth Nature Center.  I finished the power point for the Hawaiian Reefs.  I am so excited to see all of these creatures in person!

Three Weeks

Three weeks to Hawaii.  Yesterday, I bought my reef gloves.  When I told the guy what I was going to be picking up in the reef, he went right to the gloves that have Kevlar in them.  I don't think that my hands will be bullet proof, but hopefully they will be claw-proof.  He said that these are the gloves that people wear when they are handling crabs and lobsters.  We will see.  Matt told this scary story about the 7-11 crab.  Check out those claws! Yikes!  I do want to see one, but I don't want to experience the pain that so many have felt from those crushing claws.


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Countdown to Hawaii

Well, here goes.  This is my first official Blog post.  I have had my Aquatic Science kid Blogging all year long, so now I get to experience the torture that I put them through.

Four week from today, I will be in Hawaii starting my adventure at an official driver for the North Lake College Hawaiian Field Studies Course.

Yesterday, I started my Velocity training so that I get back into shape so that I can have a better time in Hawaii.  My last day in Hawaii, I have Surf Lessons!  All I want to do is ride one great wave.  I can barely  move today, but it will be worth it.

My goal with this Blog is to document what I have seen and learned each day.  I am afraid that we will be doing so much and I will be learning so much that I am going to forget some things unless I write it down.

The countdown begins...