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BAHÍA DE LOS ANGELES
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Day 3, Sunday
Distance Driven: 0 miles
Overview of the Day
Again, the early sun. However this time I didn't get up, I just burrowed
down into my sleeping bag until I couldn't stand the heat anymore. Today
Eric and Ila treated the group to blueberry pancakes. You two are
amazing. Everybody did their own things in the morning. Eric, Ila, Pat,
Pat's German Shepard friend and I walked out to a lighthouse we saw yesterday on
our boat trip. Eric, Ila and I all found Sand Dollars on a sand bar along
the way. The dog was very friendly and chased just about anything we threw. Pat
finally found some good driftwood to throw and became the dogs friend for life.
The other part of the group went into the small town and explored the fishing
and mining museum. After lunch we met up with Antonio, a marine biologist
who has lived their for the last 25 years. He took us to his sea turtle research
facility and gave us a talk about his work in characterizing their traveling
lanes. In conjunction with Japanese scientists, they have mapped out the routes
these turtles swim between North and South America and Japan. Antonio's goal is
to help stem the massive killing of sea turtles by incidental capture in fishing
nets, by providing enough data to establish no fishing zones. Pretty
fascinating, but what was real cool was when he let us climb into one of the
turtle tanks to help clean. Ok, it was hard and slimy work, but we got to scrub
the tank, then the turtles. Some sort of algae grows on their shells from the
tanks and they need to have it scrubbed off. They don't seem to like it at all,
but it's good for them I guess.
After the turtles, we played a few games of horseshoes on the beach. It
was the first time I had ever played! Then we napped, took hot showers and
walked down the beach to a small restaurant owned by an American couple for
dinner. Post dinner activities included smores by the camp fire and spotting
satellites passing overhead in the crystal clear night sky.
Antonio Resendiz, 47 yrs. old. Camp Director. Received degree in
Fisheries Biology from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México - México
City, 1977. Antonio is acting director of the Centro Regional de Investigacion
Pesquera (CRIP) Sea Turtle Research Station in Bahía de los Angeles (since
1978). He is also owner/director of Campo Archelon, our beachfront research
station and base of operations. Bilingual. Responsible for all work focusing on
captive turtles and coordination of activities with local guides.
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