Gone for a few days

Today was mostly lecture again. We learned the basics of estuaries in preparation for our trip tomorrow. We are traveling to Opoutere (pronounced Ohpoterie) on the east side of the Coromandel peninsula. We have to leave by 8:00 in the morning! That means early shower, early breakfast, and quickly finishing the dishes since I volunteered for kitchen crew.
In Opoutere we are conducting an ongoing shellfish survey. Not really sure what it is going to entail, all that I know is we are doing it rain or shine (and we have rain forcast...like every other day here). We are also hiking up a Pa site. These were built by Maori as places of refuge during times of war. They also conducted trench warfare from the Pa sites. After the hike, we are taking a basic kayak class because we will be kayaking around the estuary.

I'm so excited, I just wish that it wasn't going to be cold and rainy this week.

Here is a picture of what it would look like (what I hope it will look like).

but remember...it's going to rain...