The
trip to Bird Island was one of the biggest anticipated highlight of
this program, at least in my book. Excitement filled the air as we
boarded our sailboat then set sail off of the docks of the Marina. About
an hour or so later, after our boat had taken off, I was the only one
to be greeted by a lovely wave of sea sickness (I don't know how sailors
do it). Do you know the part in movies where people are stranded in the
middle of the sea then predictably get swarmed by a school of sharks as
the jaws theme song is playing in the background? Well, that happened
to us, all except the sharks part. Speaking of which, some how, as if by
the wrath of Poseidon himself, our little sailboat became dysfunctional
(something to do with an oil leak), and stranded us in the middle of
the ocean. Help came about an hour later by a bigger boat, dubbed "the
party boat", with the phrase painted on it's exterior-"It's about time,"
(this is no joke). Getting sea sick, abandoning our dysfunctional sail
boat, and conquering my fear of swimming in the open waters of the vast
ocean has been well worth what was next to come. They say that growth
starts at the end of your comfort zone and I have certainly witnessed
this today. As we approached bird Island I felt another wave-of joy (and
this time not sickness). The rest of the adventure was spent scuba
diving for some of us, snorkeling for the majority including myself, and
lounging on our party boat. Some of us had been lucky enough to have
swam alongside and get into close contact with sea lions while they
shy'd away from others. As we got back to CEDO our adventure had
concluded with pizza and late night blogging accompanied by cookies and
milk. What a day!
-Lisa
Fun facts:
*Isla San Jorge (known in English as "Bird Island") is located just 43 kilometers from Puerto Penasco Señora.
*Bird
Island is best known for housing a colony of about 2,500 sea lions, and
as you approach you can hear the sounds (barking) made from them.
*Bird Island is part of a group of island protected by the Sea of Cortez.
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