Day 6 August 1st

Day Six August 1st

Good morning parents and friends,

Yesterday morning we woke up and ate breakfast and began our science. All the groups worked on their experiments working in the lab or field experiments. Next we all  headed back to the eating area to eat homemade burgers before our adventure begins. We headed back to our cabins to get ready. We all boarded the wagon to head to town. Nick sat on the floor among the young palm trees we were going to plant at the park. Once we arrived at the park we got our instructions about how to clean up the park. We started by loading large branches on the tractor wagon and cleaning around the trees. The boys left to unload the branches down the road. The ladies began picking up piles of leaves when we realized they were covered in fire ants. We then started grabbing handfuls of the leaves and running for the pile before the ants could attack. The boys got back and we began to load the truck again. The girls and Alec continued to gather leaves and weeds and fire ant bites. The boys and I returned to the dumping ground to dumb the truck load. It smelled like fish and we were told that was from snakes. We continued to load and unload until the park was clean. Pablo arrived on his motorcycle with Pepsi in hand. We took a quick break and then planted our own palms. We each got a palm to plant so if we ever come back we can come visit out palm. The we headed over to the soccer field to play a game. It started to rain which made soccer even more difficult. Our team relied on Toshi, Drew, Ryan, Nick, Dane, and Mr. Holmes to keep us going. We ended the game 3-1 with Cost Rica in the lead. Our goal was completed by Holmes to Dane and Dane kicked it and Drew who tapped it into the goal. Pablo brought us popsicles and we headed over to our cooking class. We walked down the road to a little house where we went Araseli (spelling is incorrect). She invited us into her home and we went down to her kitchen. We started by making cheese logs which were quite a challenge. Then we prepared a salad. Natalie and Tillery made the salad. Araseli then showed us how to make tortillas. Emily and Hannah mastered the art of tortilla making because she has made them at home. Hannah was told she had style while making her tortillas  Drew helped us talk to Araseli and he was also the tortilla cooker. We then put on our shoes and headed to the back to devour out home cooked meal. We ate out food and talked for awhile then Araseli showed us games like the north facing cow. We said our goodbyes and walked back to the farm in the light of Adrian car. Once back some groups decided to go to sleep after the long day of working and some continued their tests in the field. Ms. Joel made sure we all got back to our cabins safely. Thank you for reading my blog post I hope you enjoyed this. 

-Nikki Degeneffe