{"id":335,"date":"2016-08-18T01:47:20","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T01:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sjcmeess.wpengine.com\/?p=335"},"modified":"2016-08-18T01:47:20","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T01:47:20","slug":"the-adventure-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/ess\/the-adventure-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"The Adventure Begins…"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday August 14, all\u00a0nine of us environmental\u00a0and marine science majors met in Portland to embark on our ESS (Environmental Science Semester).\u00a0We lined up our bags waiting for the van to arrive and everyone around was wondering how we were going to pull it\u00a0off. We had a volume challenge of\u00a0putting all of our luggage and seating eleven of us, in an eleven-seated van.\u00a0\u00a0It was an overcast morning and we encountered showers here and there but nothing could stop us now. Dr. Erikson was\u00a0eager to get going and\u00a0jumped right on the roof to fill the storage bins on the roof as we passed him our dry bags. We were able to fit everyone somewhat comfortably and all of our luggage in the van. We were then ready to leave and begin our four-hour journey.<\/p>\n

Our first stop was Schoodic Peninsula up\u00a0near Winter Harbor, Maine.\u00a0Ben and Olive were our navigators and\u00a0plotted a route to our destination. Good thing it wasn’t me because I had never gone\u00a0that far north.\u00a0 I’d only made the usual trips from Saint Joe’s to and from New York, which is long enough. As we got closer to our destination the water views\u00a0started popping through the trees and\u00a0 I was very exited.\u00a0We arrived around 2:30 pm\u00a0at the Schoodic Education and Research Institute (SERC<\/a>)\u00a0in Acadia National Park where we will be staying for the next week in a nice condo (way better than a dorm room). We got started right away using our compass to find dips, strikes, trends, and plunges. It felt weird thinking that summer had\u00a0ended and school\u00a0had started again.<\/p>\n

After our bite to eat at a local seafood restaurant (which was fantastic) we got to see why this place is so special. The local flora and fauna is protected by SERC, the\u00a0national park\u00a0and all of the locals here. We then proceeded to go see the sunset at Schoodic Point and that was a sight to see!<\/p>\n

– Joe O’Reilly<\/p>\n

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