(Frances Whyte) | Environmental Exploration of the British Virgin Islands

This morning I woke up at 5:30 and lied in bed until 5:40 until I realized that I had a driver coming to pick me up 5:45 to head to JFK International Airport. Thankfully, I had packed and laid everything out yesterday night so I was able to get out of of bed and out the door in 5 minutes. I flew from New York to San Juan, which brought back feelings of nostalgia from when we sailed into Puerto Rico on Ocean Classroom. The flight was easy, and I had enough time in the airport to get an hour of my scuba certification done. Our flight was a little bit delayed, but we were able to get in the air soon, and the flight wasn't too bumpy. Since I was on an earlier flight then Cat, I arrived at the boat, and did another hour online before Cat arrived. We met the crew, and moved into our cabins on the boat. Hours Today- 2 Total Hours- 5 Posted- 19:07

Today was our first official day of senior project. For Cat and me, it was a prep day since we needed time to pack and prepare before heading down to the Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands. I woke up, went to workout class with my mother, and started the process for the day. Hunckering down for three hours of E-Learning, was a lot, but I learned so many cool, new things. Most of what I learned about was the basic equipment I would need for scuba diving, such as a BCD (Bouyancy Control Device) which is a vest that your tank in attaches to a person can add air to or take air out of deependinf on their bouyancy and how deep they are. The other large system that is used is the tank and regulator, which is the tubing and mouthpiece that allows you to breath underwater. After learning about what would be doing while scuba diving, I started to do errands to pick up last minute things like, sunscreen, socks, and other essentials. Around dinner time I started to pack, which consists mostly