Monday,
July 23rd
On the
crawl count this morning, I found a turtle! She came ashore only a couple
meters above the wave line. Usually they crawl up to the high tide line and lay
their eggs, so it was kind of odd. Within 10 minutes of digging her nest, she
had gotten smashed by at least 3 waves. I’m not quite sure why she chose to lay
so close to the water. After another 10 minutes, she headed back to the ocean. Usually
Olive Ridleys take about 45 minutes to lay their nests, so I knew that she hadn’t
taken long enough. When I went to un-bury the eggs, I wasn’t surprised to see
that she hadn’t actually laid any. It was so frustrating! I just want to find a
nest!
Later, Andrea
(one of the good German volunteers) and I took the bus to Monterrico to run a
couple of errands for Glenda. First, we went to the pharmacia to pick up some
items for the parque’s first aid kit. Next, we went to a tienda to pick up some
baskets for people to keep vegetables and fruit in. Then, we went to all the
different tiendas and hung up signs inviting people to visit the hatchery. We
waited around long enough so that we could get lunch at one of the restaurants.
I really wanted pizza, but the only that sells it was closed for the
day. We both settled on a hamburger and fries instead. I also had a chocolate
milkshake. It was delicious and soooo nice to have some American style food!
Jordan look there is a restaurant named after you!
When we
got back there was some drama with the volunteers. I guess they had been told
to dig up the roots and plants about a meter out from around the hatchery. Then
later they were told 2 meters and then later 5 meters by Glenda and Willie (a
park worker in training). Because I’m the English speaker, I got the brunt of
their frustration. It was my first real run-in with unhappy volunteers. It was
stressful, but I think I was able to smooth everything out…hopefully!!
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