Region:
North America
Scholar Date:
1981

Double-check gear. Double-check directions. Check for traffic, confirm the meeting place, and eat a hearty breakfast. My first (and only) assignment at the park begins at 0900 this morning, and I want to be fully prepared.
As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been working on a story about the Whales of Bristol. This morning I heard back from my source. Here’s a brief summary of the article, in case you

“The 80-degree water of the pool felt cold as it rushed into my suit—I knew I was in for a big shock when I hit Crater Lake!”

You might think living on an island of 0.06 square miles during a dive stand-down could get tedious, but my DRTO days have been astonishingly eventful. We continued our turtle monitoring each day, on Loggerhead as