My Last Field Day

Today was the last day in the field. It was a good one. We had to do the trails paraphaco and chicico, even though everyone else really doesn't like them, they are full of chiggers, and there was a high chance of them being flooded. So we began on Numa. While walking on Numa M.J. barely missed stepping on a baroni snake. A bright green snake that is very deadly and known to be very aggressive. She  did not see it, but M did because my was right behind M.J. M is very terrified of snakes. M began to say " oh my, Oh my " and immediately backed up.  When I heard M starting to freak out I knew it was a snake so I walked around her to get a picture. The snake was about a foot and a half long, so a baby. MJ and M both at the same time once they saw me step around M began say stop it is super deadly and mean. Z pulled me back before I could get a picture. I was a good four feet away from the snake and planning on keeping my distance, they were all over worried that it was out to kill one of us. Really it was just crossing the trail and could of cared less about us. Once everyone was relatively calm again we continued. We had to cross a bridge that a few days ago we were told was mostly under water, fortunately only the very end was under a few inches. We crossed and then chose to use the roots of a tree to stay out of the slightly deeper part.  At this point I had us go down Matapulo so we could actually find some new plants, which we did. we then turned and did the last half of Chichico. Near the middle of Chichico the path was flooded, but only to the knees. I happily went first and saw lots of little fish again. The little fish make me happy. I told everyone to be careful crossing the bridge, but I guess both Z and T were not paying close attention because they both stepped of the bridge in to the stream and got wet above their waists. That one flooded spot was about ten meters only, and it was the only place we got wet the whole day. From the middle of Chichico we went on to paraphuaco. Paraphauco was all nice and dry with partly sunny and a breeze, the perfect field day weather. I really like the forest around Paraphuaco, most of the rest of the team does not. At one point we did smell pecheris or sahinos, and we all thought they smelled similar to beef jerky. Once we completed all of the plants that needed to be check we headed back to Chichico to finish it. I saw a bunny on Chichico right after we started back on it. It was cute, brown, and looked just like bunnies look back at home. I was not expecting to see a bunny in the jungle but will happily add it to my list of animals. We had to cross another bridge that had a about only two inches of water on it at the very end. This bridge is normally two meters above the water.  I also have seen this bridge with barely a trickle of water under it.  I find it very amazing how variable the water level is. I was leading the way, so I went fast. I think we walked the fastest we have ever walked while looking for plants at the same time. I walked fast because it was already late afternoon, we were going to have a lot of lab work, and I knew I had to pack before I went to bed. Nobody complained at the speed, in fact I think they enjoyed going fast. Once Chichico was done we happily marched quickly back to the station.  By the time we got to the lab it was almost 5. We did get all of the chemistry and herbivores done before dinner, but I did not finish entering all of the data. Dinner was great. The cooks did a nice meal because I was leaving. It was chicken with some sauce, mashed potatoes, and broccoli. I did not stay long at dinner because I had to pack which took as long as i thought it would. Once I was packed I went back to the lab to finish entering data. I had to enter in data by a flash light because it was already lights out. My team was watching a movie while I worked,  I didn't mind, I was happy listening to my music.  I was able to enter everything in and get to bed before midnight, which meant I was able to go to bed early. That was my last field day.