Well, we are officially 1/3rd of the way through classes now. We just finished week 5 of 17, with two of those 17 weeks being exam only weeks. I must say, I'm really not overly fond of 3rd year so far. I constantly feel tired and behind and extra stupid. Vet school in generally has a habit of making you feel dumb all the time, but I think as long as you can accept that, it's healthy. Sounds crazy? Here's the thing - it is impossible to know everything about every little detail. That's why veterinarians don't really practice medicine on all species nowadays. Unfortunately, in school we are indeed expected to know everything about everything which makes things a little bit frustrating.
I feel like really only have a good understanding and handle on two of my five classes. Small animal medicine (my favorite) and small animal surgery come fairly easy to me. Large animal surgery isn't difficult in the sense that the material is tough, but I have no experience with horses and large animals and so it makes it much more difficult truly understand what's going on and keep the 1.8 million things that can go wrong in the horse straight! I doubt I will ever have a good handle on theriogenology. That class is a total mess and disaster. It is disgusting that the university is allowing this sort of situation to happen and continue. This man has no business teaching and instead needs to be receiving the appropriate medical help - both of which aren't happening. Thankfully we have a visiting professor starting this week so I can at least go through this week perhaps understanding what's going on. I am so tired, angry, and anxious about not understanding anything in this class. Not only is it a 4 credit class, but this is information I need to know for clinics and my national licensing exam! GAHHH! Lastly we have diagnostic imagining. In all fairness and honesty, I haven't done much true sit-down-and-figure-it-all-out studying for this class yet, so perhaps when I do that I will feel more confident, but for now it's all just shadows and imaginary things! I actually feel like I have a decent base for radiology thanks to my time in undergrad spent hanging out with boarded radiologists, it's really more just putting the technical words to the things I see.
Our other two classes that I don't count because they don't require in-class time are clinical practice and junior surgery lab. We only have 4 rotations for the former so that's not so bad (our second is coming up in a week) and then junior surgery is once every week and a half or so. I'm up next for being surgeon for our 3rd and final castration. Yikes, poor dog! The only thing I really don't like about that class is how time consuming it is. There's a lot of out-of-class time involved and when I'm already short on time to give, it just adds to the neglect of everything else, most notably Lucy. I'm sure she could make a mile long list of her complaints and grievances this term! Actually probably not - she's a happy-go-lucky dog, but I'm sure she would appreciate a little bit more attention!
So that's where I'm at academically these days. Long weeks, lots of studying, quite a bit of confusion, and sometimes not nearly enough sleep (although I certainly do try!).
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Shakem At Night
Blah, I know I have been terrible at posting, life got really hectic after the first week of school. They were sneaky and eased us into it and then BAM we had a thousand things to do. I'm working on a recap of the last couple of weeks because a lot has happened, but until then I just wanted to rave about the quick night dive I did tonight.
I'm pretty sure my roommate thinks I'm crazy for even thinking about a dive the night before an exam, but it was really therapeutic. Just what I needed. My life is so hectic and stressful these days and there is just nothing like having a little bit of time to yourself where your two main focuses are steady, even, rhythmic breathing and maintaining effortless buoyancy under water. It is so soothing, so calming to be in tune with such basic physiologic needs and it just tends to make everything else melt away. Sure, seeing critters is a major added bonus, but honestly you could drop me in the water and tell me to hang out at 30ft for as long as I could and I'd be content. It truly is why so many relaxation techniques are centered around breathing!
This was a really quick dive because the wreck we visited was at 100ft. You just can't go that deep for very long without adding complications like running out of air and decompression time. I'm not really interested in either. We did have one person come up nearly empty from the dive, but I suppose that's what you get when you ignore your gauges and get excited where the density is 3x what it is at the surface (meaning you go through air much faster). I checked my gauges at least 4 times that I can think of and that was just in the 20ish minutes that I was on the bottom and I don't go through air very fast. A combination of relaxation, mild movements, good breathing techniques, and physiologically and anatomically being female allow me to go through a tank much more slowly. We ended up staying down just shy of 30 minutes and with studying to do tonight, it was better that this wasn't a 70+ minute dive (although I'd much rather stay super shallow and be underwater longer!). The wreck was pretty at night, the colors and critters were more beautiful as always, and I enjoyed slowly focusing on one thing at a time. My buddy stayed right with me and we did great!
Now to face my large animal surgery exam tomorrow, our 2nd castration for junior surgery lab on Tuesday, and a make up small animal surgery exam on Wednesday. Busy busy!
I'm pretty sure my roommate thinks I'm crazy for even thinking about a dive the night before an exam, but it was really therapeutic. Just what I needed. My life is so hectic and stressful these days and there is just nothing like having a little bit of time to yourself where your two main focuses are steady, even, rhythmic breathing and maintaining effortless buoyancy under water. It is so soothing, so calming to be in tune with such basic physiologic needs and it just tends to make everything else melt away. Sure, seeing critters is a major added bonus, but honestly you could drop me in the water and tell me to hang out at 30ft for as long as I could and I'd be content. It truly is why so many relaxation techniques are centered around breathing!
This was a really quick dive because the wreck we visited was at 100ft. You just can't go that deep for very long without adding complications like running out of air and decompression time. I'm not really interested in either. We did have one person come up nearly empty from the dive, but I suppose that's what you get when you ignore your gauges and get excited where the density is 3x what it is at the surface (meaning you go through air much faster). I checked my gauges at least 4 times that I can think of and that was just in the 20ish minutes that I was on the bottom and I don't go through air very fast. A combination of relaxation, mild movements, good breathing techniques, and physiologically and anatomically being female allow me to go through a tank much more slowly. We ended up staying down just shy of 30 minutes and with studying to do tonight, it was better that this wasn't a 70+ minute dive (although I'd much rather stay super shallow and be underwater longer!). The wreck was pretty at night, the colors and critters were more beautiful as always, and I enjoyed slowly focusing on one thing at a time. My buddy stayed right with me and we did great!
Now to face my large animal surgery exam tomorrow, our 2nd castration for junior surgery lab on Tuesday, and a make up small animal surgery exam on Wednesday. Busy busy!
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
So Much To Do, So Little Time!
This has been a stressful week so far. We finally started theriogenology yesterday and I'm really at a loss for words to describe how awful it is. I came home feeling so dejected and discouraged yesterday. I simply don't know what we're going to do. The professor is all over the place, the notes and lectures are a disaster, and no one has a clue what he's talking about. There don't seem to be any coherent thoughts being portrayed to us. Just bits and pieces of words slung at us like mud. Not good. I don't even know where to begin. The lab we had this morning and lecture we had this afternoon weren't any better either. I am just as lost and confused as I was yesterday, but now we're one day closer to next Friday's exam. We'll see what happens.
Other than that class, the rest are going pretty well. I'm still not sure what to think about diagnostic imaging. That class is also a bit far fetched and all over the place, but I can follow along, her notes make sense, and she is actually teaching us material even though her methods seem a bit vague and strange.
I am grateful for my couple of small animal classes, I feel most confident about being able to handle the material for them. I feel reasonably good about large animal surgery as well, but it's going to take some substantial work on my part to figure out what's going on since I'm not much of a large animal person.
I was elected president of our Student Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society tonight! I am very excited about that and the upcoming opportunities. I've had my eye on this position for awhile now and I look forward to accomplishing great things this term! It's a little overwhelming at the moment because normally the new executive board has the summer to work out kinks and get everything set up, and we're going to be doing it starting week 2 of the semester. I already have a lot of the ground work laid for plans at least!
I'm a little bit jealous of my dog currently, she is sound asleep at the foot of the bed. Must be nice to have not a care in the world except how much love, attention, and food you're receiving!
Other than that class, the rest are going pretty well. I'm still not sure what to think about diagnostic imaging. That class is also a bit far fetched and all over the place, but I can follow along, her notes make sense, and she is actually teaching us material even though her methods seem a bit vague and strange.
I am grateful for my couple of small animal classes, I feel most confident about being able to handle the material for them. I feel reasonably good about large animal surgery as well, but it's going to take some substantial work on my part to figure out what's going on since I'm not much of a large animal person.
I was elected president of our Student Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society tonight! I am very excited about that and the upcoming opportunities. I've had my eye on this position for awhile now and I look forward to accomplishing great things this term! It's a little overwhelming at the moment because normally the new executive board has the summer to work out kinks and get everything set up, and we're going to be doing it starting week 2 of the semester. I already have a lot of the ground work laid for plans at least!
I'm a little bit jealous of my dog currently, she is sound asleep at the foot of the bed. Must be nice to have not a care in the world except how much love, attention, and food you're receiving!
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Diving Deep
I swear you all are going to think I never study at this rate! Truth is, I've probably studied more this weekend than most of my classmates, I just use my time differently. Instead of staying up all night on Friday for a party, I went to bed early and studied yesterday morning/afternoon. I also studied Friday night too before I went to bed. So I swear I do actually study!
This morning I got up early to complete more of my Advanced Open Water certification. Christie mentioned they had a group going today so I figured why not add one more student! We geared up quickly and headed out to the boat to set up. I'm proud to say that I've become pretty meticulous about checking and testing out all of my equipment before we head out after all of the little incidents in Mexico! Not that I shouldn't anyway as a diver (because everyone should!), but we tend to learn from experience and learn I have! We had a brief orientation before heading out to a deep wreck called Shakem. I'd never been there before but had heard good things about it.
The wreck itself sits in about 100ft of water. That's a pretty big number! Some of my friends and family can't even fathom going 40ft deep let alone 100ft, but it's really all just psychological. Sure, there are a few more risks associated with going deeper and it makes things a little bit more complicated, but here's the thing - it's really just a number. Once you're under water, it doesn't feel different to be 10ft versus 40ft versus 100ft. You don't feel the increased pressure, you don't really tend to look up because of the way your gear is oriented, so you're just focused on what's in front of you, below you, and to some extent on your sides. It takes a lot of effort to right yourself enough to awkwardly look at the surface because of the way buoyancy works. The things that are really different about diving deep are that it takes longer to descend (and when you look down initially all you see is nothingness), you use air up a lot faster, and you have to take more safety precautions when ascending.
We jumped in and headed down immediately. It took a couple of minutes to reach the bottom, but one minute all you see is each other and then the next you can see the outline of a sunken ship. I think if I was "newer" to diving I would have really noticed the mildly increased effort breathing from the regulator required (air is much more dense at this depth), but I barely noticed as I maintained a very calm and peaceful breathing pattern that I normally use. I of course checked my gauges frequently and it was amazing to watch how quickly the air diminished. We swam around the ship and then over top of it gently and slowly. Keeping with tradition, I was very slow and pokey taking lots of pictures, but also just enjoying being neutrally buoyant and floating along. I'm never in a rush, I like to go slow. My goal is usually to swim as little as possible! We lasted about 30 minutes before it was time to head back up. We did a couple of safety stops at different depths to make sure that our risk of decompression illness was very minimal and hit the surface with ease. I was pretty thrilled, because when we went around the group for air consumption, I was well above several people that were at the requisite exit amount (500psi). I'm definitely getting better!
This ship is quite large. The first thing you notice upon swimming over it are these huge sacs of concrete. There are dozens of them all lined up next to one another through the whole interior. It's an incredible site. The rest of the ship has taken on an eerie and old look because the skeleton of the boat exists, but it's been completely taken over by corals, invertebrates, and all sorts of inhabitants. When the little bit of sunlight illuminates it, it appears to glow against the dark water back drop. We saw lots of fish and although I really shouldn't be surprised, it was strange and amusing to see animals I'm used to seeing at shallower depths. In the grand scheme of things, this really isn't much deeper than I've been on other dives! We stumbled upon a large lobster at one point. He seemed confused and a bit annoyed to be sharing his space with so many divers (and he was probably hoping no one added a side of butter later!). I have become so obsessed with looking at corals and invertebrates, I really don't remember what we saw in the way of fish. It ends up being "just" another fish to me, except when they're something really odd.
Next we went over to BBC beach to hang out during our surface interval time. It's funny how until yesterday I had no idea where this beach was and now I've been there twice in a period of 24 hours! Since we were going to be there for awhile, I hopped out and snorkeled the area checking out all of the grassy patches. It was a nice place to swim for a bit in between dives.
Our second dive of the day was on the Veronica L., a small cargo wreck I've been to several times now. It's a nice little boat to dive on and provides some excellent pictures when you're looking for them! This boat is much shallower water, only about 45ft maximum. As part of our wreck certification, we had to "measure" the wreck with fin kicks (from one side to the other), observe potential hazards (such as sharp objects or corners), and then use a compass to determine what direction it's facing in. Cue the laughter now for those who know me well! I can get wickedly lost using a GPS! Imagine me trying to use a compass under water. Yeah right! My first down fall was not really remembering what I was supposed to do with the compass. Yes obviously you hold it and blah blah blah, but diving compasses have a "lubber line" on them to additionally help you navigate. Yes, it means almost as little to me as it probably does to you! I am going to be in big trouble when it comes to the navigation section of this course and who ever is teaching me is going to snort water laughing so hard. How can someone in veterinary school be so stupid when it comes to sense of direction?! Anyhow, I kind of sort of clumsily got a reading off the compass (not the right one, but I was close). Skill put off until another day!
After spending plenty of time getting some spectacular pictures of the marine life on the ship, we headed off to finish on the nearby reef. So many beautiful creatures and corals to look at! The highlight of this dive was stumbling upon a dark mantis shrimp "inside" (not really inside, but within) the wreck and getting to observe and ponder this gorgeous creature! He was very nervous and no doubt wasn't sure if he should fight me or just get the heck out of there. Thankfully he did neither and I was able to get some great shots! I also got some phenomenal pictures of some fireworms and christmas tree worms. Have I mentioned lately how much I love my camera? I adore it and it is simply the best!
After our dive several of us went to Umbrellas, the restaurant next door for lunch. It was fun to relax and unwind from the amazing adventures of the morning and having some real food and nutrition definitely helped all of us! I might have to stick with the peanut butter and granola routine that I did this morning though for future dives because that served me quite well. Must have plenty of energy to do so much swimming and thermoregulating!
All of these beautiful pictures made possible by the great folks at Eco Dive!
This morning I got up early to complete more of my Advanced Open Water certification. Christie mentioned they had a group going today so I figured why not add one more student! We geared up quickly and headed out to the boat to set up. I'm proud to say that I've become pretty meticulous about checking and testing out all of my equipment before we head out after all of the little incidents in Mexico! Not that I shouldn't anyway as a diver (because everyone should!), but we tend to learn from experience and learn I have! We had a brief orientation before heading out to a deep wreck called Shakem. I'd never been there before but had heard good things about it.
The wreck itself sits in about 100ft of water. That's a pretty big number! Some of my friends and family can't even fathom going 40ft deep let alone 100ft, but it's really all just psychological. Sure, there are a few more risks associated with going deeper and it makes things a little bit more complicated, but here's the thing - it's really just a number. Once you're under water, it doesn't feel different to be 10ft versus 40ft versus 100ft. You don't feel the increased pressure, you don't really tend to look up because of the way your gear is oriented, so you're just focused on what's in front of you, below you, and to some extent on your sides. It takes a lot of effort to right yourself enough to awkwardly look at the surface because of the way buoyancy works. The things that are really different about diving deep are that it takes longer to descend (and when you look down initially all you see is nothingness), you use air up a lot faster, and you have to take more safety precautions when ascending.
We jumped in and headed down immediately. It took a couple of minutes to reach the bottom, but one minute all you see is each other and then the next you can see the outline of a sunken ship. I think if I was "newer" to diving I would have really noticed the mildly increased effort breathing from the regulator required (air is much more dense at this depth), but I barely noticed as I maintained a very calm and peaceful breathing pattern that I normally use. I of course checked my gauges frequently and it was amazing to watch how quickly the air diminished. We swam around the ship and then over top of it gently and slowly. Keeping with tradition, I was very slow and pokey taking lots of pictures, but also just enjoying being neutrally buoyant and floating along. I'm never in a rush, I like to go slow. My goal is usually to swim as little as possible! We lasted about 30 minutes before it was time to head back up. We did a couple of safety stops at different depths to make sure that our risk of decompression illness was very minimal and hit the surface with ease. I was pretty thrilled, because when we went around the group for air consumption, I was well above several people that were at the requisite exit amount (500psi). I'm definitely getting better!
This ship is quite large. The first thing you notice upon swimming over it are these huge sacs of concrete. There are dozens of them all lined up next to one another through the whole interior. It's an incredible site. The rest of the ship has taken on an eerie and old look because the skeleton of the boat exists, but it's been completely taken over by corals, invertebrates, and all sorts of inhabitants. When the little bit of sunlight illuminates it, it appears to glow against the dark water back drop. We saw lots of fish and although I really shouldn't be surprised, it was strange and amusing to see animals I'm used to seeing at shallower depths. In the grand scheme of things, this really isn't much deeper than I've been on other dives! We stumbled upon a large lobster at one point. He seemed confused and a bit annoyed to be sharing his space with so many divers (and he was probably hoping no one added a side of butter later!). I have become so obsessed with looking at corals and invertebrates, I really don't remember what we saw in the way of fish. It ends up being "just" another fish to me, except when they're something really odd.
Next we went over to BBC beach to hang out during our surface interval time. It's funny how until yesterday I had no idea where this beach was and now I've been there twice in a period of 24 hours! Since we were going to be there for awhile, I hopped out and snorkeled the area checking out all of the grassy patches. It was a nice place to swim for a bit in between dives.
Our second dive of the day was on the Veronica L., a small cargo wreck I've been to several times now. It's a nice little boat to dive on and provides some excellent pictures when you're looking for them! This boat is much shallower water, only about 45ft maximum. As part of our wreck certification, we had to "measure" the wreck with fin kicks (from one side to the other), observe potential hazards (such as sharp objects or corners), and then use a compass to determine what direction it's facing in. Cue the laughter now for those who know me well! I can get wickedly lost using a GPS! Imagine me trying to use a compass under water. Yeah right! My first down fall was not really remembering what I was supposed to do with the compass. Yes obviously you hold it and blah blah blah, but diving compasses have a "lubber line" on them to additionally help you navigate. Yes, it means almost as little to me as it probably does to you! I am going to be in big trouble when it comes to the navigation section of this course and who ever is teaching me is going to snort water laughing so hard. How can someone in veterinary school be so stupid when it comes to sense of direction?! Anyhow, I kind of sort of clumsily got a reading off the compass (not the right one, but I was close). Skill put off until another day!
After spending plenty of time getting some spectacular pictures of the marine life on the ship, we headed off to finish on the nearby reef. So many beautiful creatures and corals to look at! The highlight of this dive was stumbling upon a dark mantis shrimp "inside" (not really inside, but within) the wreck and getting to observe and ponder this gorgeous creature! He was very nervous and no doubt wasn't sure if he should fight me or just get the heck out of there. Thankfully he did neither and I was able to get some great shots! I also got some phenomenal pictures of some fireworms and christmas tree worms. Have I mentioned lately how much I love my camera? I adore it and it is simply the best!
After our dive several of us went to Umbrellas, the restaurant next door for lunch. It was fun to relax and unwind from the amazing adventures of the morning and having some real food and nutrition definitely helped all of us! I might have to stick with the peanut butter and granola routine that I did this morning though for future dives because that served me quite well. Must have plenty of energy to do so much swimming and thermoregulating!
All of these beautiful pictures made possible by the great folks at Eco Dive!
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Saturday, August 24, 2013
Dragon Bay in the Dark
What a beautiful night dive! We had such a great time, I'm so glad we were able to get things together and make it happen!
Last semester we went to the shipwreck Veronica L. for our dive. We decided we wanted to change things up and visit a reef this time. After collecting all of our gearing and getting set up on the boat, we headed off to Dragon Bay which was about a 15 minute boat ride away. I've been to Dragon Bay a couple of times in the day, but not since March and not since I officially became a certified diver. I do remember that it was a particularly pretty place to visit with a gorgeous reef and wall.
All of our regulators had a red glow stick attached to them in addition to the bright flashlights we carried in hand under water. It's little things like this that make me so comfortable diving with EcoDive. When we arrived at dusk, we went over the safety and details of night diving and covered every thing from what to expect when we descended to what kinds of critters we might see. Attention to details from start to finish, my kind of people!
It was a phenomenal dive - so many eels, a teeny squid (who we accidentally scared into inking), several different types of shrimp, hermit crabs, sleeping fish, awake fish, and a very nervous lobster! A couple of group members also found an octopus, but I didn't have the chance to see him (apparently my attention was being held elsewhere). The corals and invertebrates were spectacular at night with all of the corals open and feeding. Made them look extra fuzzy! We were down for an hour without anyone running out of air - pretty impressive! Christie and Russel were fantastic leaders and I can't wait to go again soon! The moon even held off long enough for us to play around with the bioluminescence. While I'll never forget sitting in the sand in a circle in Mexico in the dark to see it for the first time, it was just as beautiful that night glittering a green-blue color as we moved around to stir it up.
We came back along the coast under the moon light while chatting and reflecting on the spectacular sights we just witnessed. Grenada was gently illuminated by twinkling family homes, my absolute favorite thing to see in here. I wish pictures could do it justice, but unfortunately only a painting or piece of artwork from a talented artist would do the trick. I happen to lack talent in the art department.
My night photography skills need some work under water (oh darn, guess I'll have to go again soon!) particularly now that I'm getting used to my camera housing. Part of my problem was also that although I plugged my camera into the wall, I forgot to turn the outlet on (each outlet has an on/off switch) so when I thought I was charging the camera last week, I wasn't actually doing a darn thing!
This dive was the first of five that I have to complete to achieve my advanced open water certification. So many more exciting adventures in store for me!
Last semester we went to the shipwreck Veronica L. for our dive. We decided we wanted to change things up and visit a reef this time. After collecting all of our gearing and getting set up on the boat, we headed off to Dragon Bay which was about a 15 minute boat ride away. I've been to Dragon Bay a couple of times in the day, but not since March and not since I officially became a certified diver. I do remember that it was a particularly pretty place to visit with a gorgeous reef and wall.
All of our regulators had a red glow stick attached to them in addition to the bright flashlights we carried in hand under water. It's little things like this that make me so comfortable diving with EcoDive. When we arrived at dusk, we went over the safety and details of night diving and covered every thing from what to expect when we descended to what kinds of critters we might see. Attention to details from start to finish, my kind of people!
It was a phenomenal dive - so many eels, a teeny squid (who we accidentally scared into inking), several different types of shrimp, hermit crabs, sleeping fish, awake fish, and a very nervous lobster! A couple of group members also found an octopus, but I didn't have the chance to see him (apparently my attention was being held elsewhere). The corals and invertebrates were spectacular at night with all of the corals open and feeding. Made them look extra fuzzy! We were down for an hour without anyone running out of air - pretty impressive! Christie and Russel were fantastic leaders and I can't wait to go again soon! The moon even held off long enough for us to play around with the bioluminescence. While I'll never forget sitting in the sand in a circle in Mexico in the dark to see it for the first time, it was just as beautiful that night glittering a green-blue color as we moved around to stir it up.
We came back along the coast under the moon light while chatting and reflecting on the spectacular sights we just witnessed. Grenada was gently illuminated by twinkling family homes, my absolute favorite thing to see in here. I wish pictures could do it justice, but unfortunately only a painting or piece of artwork from a talented artist would do the trick. I happen to lack talent in the art department.
My night photography skills need some work under water (oh darn, guess I'll have to go again soon!) particularly now that I'm getting used to my camera housing. Part of my problem was also that although I plugged my camera into the wall, I forgot to turn the outlet on (each outlet has an on/off switch) so when I thought I was charging the camera last week, I wasn't actually doing a darn thing!
This dive was the first of five that I have to complete to achieve my advanced open water certification. So many more exciting adventures in store for me!
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ON ON!
It's been forever since I've been hashing here! I really wanted to take Lucy last term, but some how it just never happened. Between her injured paw and then my new interest in diving, we just never got around to going. Not having a car certainly didn't help either.
Today's hash started at BBC beach, also known as Morne Rouge Beach. It's just around the bend from Grand Anse and is a nice protected little bay area. Lucy was pretty nervous with all the people at the beach, including her favorite Grenadians and children. When everyone headed off to start, she didn't really care to be followed so closely in a pack, but once the group started to spread out, she relaxed and by the end of the hike, she was running around with us wagging her tail high in the air. She thought it was pretty great, particularly when I let her off leash for a little bit! Not much harm she can get into when we're on the top of a mountain!
We went all the way from the heart of Grand Anse to the airport, past campus, literally right past our home, and all the way back. We also climbed quite a few mountains in the process! Quite steep going up but not too bad coming down. The start of the hash was directly up and then much to my dismay, much of the final bit was uphill as well. Every time I thought we couldn't possibly go up any further, we'd round the bend and go up some more! We were treated to some gorgeous island views as a result though, wouldn't trade that for anything! It was particularly special to get such spectacular views of the area of the island we inhabit.
Today's hash started at BBC beach, also known as Morne Rouge Beach. It's just around the bend from Grand Anse and is a nice protected little bay area. Lucy was pretty nervous with all the people at the beach, including her favorite Grenadians and children. When everyone headed off to start, she didn't really care to be followed so closely in a pack, but once the group started to spread out, she relaxed and by the end of the hike, she was running around with us wagging her tail high in the air. She thought it was pretty great, particularly when I let her off leash for a little bit! Not much harm she can get into when we're on the top of a mountain!
We went all the way from the heart of Grand Anse to the airport, past campus, literally right past our home, and all the way back. We also climbed quite a few mountains in the process! Quite steep going up but not too bad coming down. The start of the hash was directly up and then much to my dismay, much of the final bit was uphill as well. Every time I thought we couldn't possibly go up any further, we'd round the bend and go up some more! We were treated to some gorgeous island views as a result though, wouldn't trade that for anything! It was particularly special to get such spectacular views of the area of the island we inhabit.
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