Monday, September 27, 2010

"They're lost" "so are we" "and we have a GPS!"

I woke up today at 8 to go to my field study at 9. We are doing conservation research to help save the black cockatoos that are endangered, but are seen around campus. Today we worked on feed trees. We were given a set of GPS points around campus and each group had to find the points and note different information about a random tree at that point, such as its diameter and the presence of food remnants. Some of the GPS coordinates took us to places that did not seem right, hence the title. There was a car that asked for directions somewhere, and we happened to be lost too. (Although my group members could help them find their way) We did get a tree in that area, though. As I said, some of the coordinates were wrong and one we had was in a construction site, one in the road, and one inside of a building. We walked all over campus and our GPS had an odometer on it which said 10.6km, but we aren't sure if that was just us or if it was set before our trip. Either way it was a lot of walking and a lot of it was bush land. I came home exhausted.

When I got back, I heated up some chicken and ate it with Frank's. I also watched a movie online and took a really long nap. I just woke up about 45 minutes ago. I know it's bad to take naps that late, but I couldn't help it and I'm exhausted! I have a feeling that I'll be really sore tomorrow!

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