Saturday, July 28, 2012

26 July 2012 - The Good and the Bad...


Hello! Kaylyn here, writing from the R/V Oceanus. We are currently in the search for Pacific Hake and Humboldt Squid (but more on that later). I wanted to fill everyone in on the hectic start to our cruise so far.

The Bad News:
On the morning of our first day in Oregon, Joe received a call that all of our cruise gear was lost due to a large train derailment in Montana. We had spent a week painstakingly packing everything we needed for our cruise, and now we find out three days before the start of the cruise that we now have no gear!


“R.I.P. Cruise Gear :(”

We were devastated, but we were not defeated! Over the next two days we ran around and tried to replace all of the necessary gear we need to carry out our experiments on the cruise. We needed everything from pencils and foul weather gear to titration equipment and aquarium pumps. We were able to acquire some of the more specific scientific gear from the other scientists on the cruise, but everything else we needed to buy. This consisted of going to two Walmarts, three Drug Stores, a Staples, a Marine Supply Shop, and a Home Depot. Surprisingly, we were able to acquire the essential gear we needed for the cruise. No train derailment can stop the ALES team!



 “Stephanie and I trying on our foul weather gear in the middle of Walmart”

The Good News:
After we had shipped our gear a couple of weeks ago, I had realized that I had forgotten to pack our mascot Wolfie! I didn't want to leave him behind, so I packed him in my suitcase. Thank goodness because he would have been lost with the rest of our gear! He is now happily sitting in the dry lab!

“Wolfie just chillin' with the graduated cylinders. “


-Kaylyn

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