Day 8: Prezi Problems and Superior Waterfalls

Whoa, ok, so today was pretty great. We kicked off today with our . . . (wait for it) . . . SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS. WOw, now I bet you weren't expecting that one! Last night, after Adrian tore us apart (no worries, at the very, very, very, very end, he said Good Job! Its A Good Start!), we all panicked for the last hour or so, cried a bit, and all ended up staying late after we had to. That's actually pretty terrible for lazy highschoolers, so anyway. Regret.

The presentations were pretty great though! We started at 9:30, and just spent the rest of the time till lunch presenting. We had dirt and ant presentations, ant fight presentations, ant fungus presentations, ant bacteria presentations. For some reason, leafcutter ants seemed to show up a lot. Dunno. We all did great, or fabulously (it varied) and Adrian didn't tear us down! Mostly!

But later, after a delicious lunch of spaghetti (I really, really, love spaghetti! I mean I actually really love pinto bean rice too, but I'd missed pasta), we went on another hike. Now, while I enjoyed Day 6's approximately seven hour trip hiking extravaganza, today, I have to admit, I was not actually totally into the idea of doing yet another very very long hike (I am weak). But it turns out, it wasn't actually that long, and it was a lot of fun!

First of all, instead of just another van trip, a green tractor pulled up to the farm, plus trailer, and we all got to hop in. It felt a bit touristy, but the thing clunked enough that it was exciting, and we could see 360 degrees of fantastic mountainous scenery.

Now I had been told that this hike was going to be the same length as Day 6, and I was crying a bit on the inside, because my legs were still very, very sore. But almost immediately after we started hiking, we hit the first "hill". It was muddy, it was steep, it was slippery, and Pablo strung a rope from a tree stump just so we could all climb down without crying. After a series of four more cliffs and climbing adventures, some over textured rock (we definitely used the ropes for those), we reached the waterfall. And it was gorgeous!

There were two water holes, both deep enough for swimming, with a tiny series of waterfalls between them that basically functioned as a Jacuzzi. Then there was a giant waterfall in front of the larger once, which we all tried to swim towards, but none of us could actually get a grip, or properly swim against the flow, so we just stood on the side and kind of in the waterfall. But pictures are worth more than words, so I'll just stuff one in instead of describing it in more detail.

Anyway, dinner was nachos (nachos! But quality nachos. Nacho trashy American nachos). We cleaned our lab stuff up, and now as I write this, it has started raining, and I am now being dive-bombed by flying insects of varying sizes.