Monday, September 17, 2012

Day 14: August 15, 2012

When Rachel and I woke up this morning, our tent was wet on the inside!! It hadn't rained at all, so we figured that it was just condensation that had somehow collected overnight. We had to evacuate rather quickly though, because once we started moving around, our movements rustled the tent, making it rain all over us! Again though, my backpack stayed dry as a bone, because before going to bed I tucked it inside of my Helly Hansen raincoat! :D

After around half an hour of backwoods hiking, we arrived at Lake Patterson.
It's sunny!


Here's a sample of what one of our quadrats looked like.



Rachel puts the plant samples into plastic bags...
And Jennifer records their waypoint and sample number!

 Because it was a fairly small lake, we finished sampling by 2:30 and were able to hike back! We filtered water and pressed plants, and then we played some card games.


We also did some water yoga. Just for fun! :)




It started getting super windy as it got later, so we got a bunch of water from the shore with the Steri Pen before the waves were too unmanageable and hunkered down in our tents to ride out the storm. Rachel and I fixed a tarp above our tent with bungee cords, because after last night we're sort of doubting the waterproof quality of our tent...

The waves started rolling in...

Storm!!

We were protected from rain on the outside...
...and on the inside! Thanks again, Helly Hansen!!
Angela also fashioned a rock-refrigerator in the shallow area of the cove, in which she kept our bottles cold! The bag that they were in was weighted down by a rock, and that bag and rock were covered in other rocks. They're really kept cold in there too, since the water is icy cold!



Hopefully everything's still in one piece in the morning! 

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