Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Tuesday, August 6th

Today we started off our day with a lovely breakfast of scrambled eggs, pancakes, and assorted fruits. We then began our day with the final experiment presentation seminar. Each of the 6 groups shared their experiment and findings that they all worked extremely hard on the past 3-4 days. Everyone did an amazing job! There were so many fascinating scientific discoveries made! Dr. Adrian Pinto and his student Allan (a favorite team member among the group), gave lots of positive feedback and encouraging comments. The end of the seminar marked an end to our scientific research at Finca La Anita. After the seminar finale, we took photos of the whole group and mentors together. After a few brief pictures, we broke off for lunch. We got to enjoy salad, plantain chips, and lasagna (a crowd favorite). After lunch everyone got a small break before we went off to the river, by tractor, to celebrate our scientific success and our final day here. The river was a beautiful scenic spot, despite the unfortunate name of Cockroach River. Julia used her keen sense of sight and helped spot moneys swinging through the trees along the river! Everyone got to enjoy the breathtaking views as we swam and enjoyed spending time alongside each other. Next, everyone took another short break before gathering for our final dinner at FLA. We were served a delicious and fantastic taco bar. There was a choice of meats, tortillas, chips, and toppings. During dinner we were lucky enough to get to see a picture perfect sunset, the best way to end a day.

                                             Purple Rain Presenting Their Final Experiment

Lets Get This Pan Presenting During the Final Experiment Seminar 

Nature Scan Final Experiment Seminar Presentation

Full group picture after final presentations 

The girls with their favorite mentor Allan :)

Everyones favorite mode of transportation: Tractor time!

The Verona gang chilling in the Cockroach River 

Julia, Jamie and Colleen flexing the Chacos 

River photoshoot!

Taco bar dinner plate

Beautiful Sunset view during dinner!


4 comments:

  1. Sounds like a bittersweet day! I hope everyone's final presentation went well! I loved the beautiful sunset and way to go Julia on spotting monkeys in the trees. I hope your time at FLA was everything you hoped for! Missing you Julia :)

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  2. Doing the research and presenting your findings must have felt so rewarding. I look forward to hearing all about it. How amazing was it to see wildlife, like monkeys, in their natural habitat? I jjust looked at your agenda for today and I see more fun, learning, and new experiences await each of you. Enjoy!

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  3. Fun to see all the research, skills-training, adventures, and well-deserved relaxation. What a trip! Thanks for the cool blogs... (Colleen, missing you. Can't wait to hear your stories!)

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  4. Swimming with monkeys overhead? Sounds like paradise. Your dishes look sooo yummy, jelly of your rice and beans.

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