Anchors away!!!!

   Bringing the North Pacific seafoor to the Ogallala aquifer. Here we go School of Rock 2013. Getting ready for the trip of a lifetime. We are currently sitting at the dock in Esquimalt Bay, Victoria, BC, Canade. We have spent the last 2 day getting used to the ship and learning all about JOIDES Resolution research ship. We are shipping out today(Sun May 19th) at 6:00 pm. I cannot wait until we are out there in the open ocean and looking at the deep ocean biosphere. Interesting side note. Of the 13 teachers involved with SOR, 10 of them are associated with virtual schools. WOW, a classroom with no students. Today we are also doing some cool stuff in the microbiology lab. Culturing some microbes. Being on the JOIDES Resolution is an ADHD rush for me. So much stuff to look at and so much going on. We are doing some cutting edge research out here. Well gang I better back to the lab. I will keep you posted. Unitl then, I will see you topside.