A picture of my work

That is me there, Ben. That is a Spiny Dogfish that we tagged, Squalus acanthias, last year during class in Burrows Bay, WA...his name is Ugly ; )

It is truly all that one can hope for to be on the ocean during "class time". Gone are all the textbooks, overheads and gentle snoring; gone are all the plumes of noxious chalkboard eraser dust. Out there, it is all salt and wind and sun and smiles (and freaking crazy fish!). In my line of work-that is to say school- it is amazing how often one gets to have his cake and eat it too!

This year I'll be writing about my experiences as a research assistant out here on the Olympic Peninsula, near Port Angeles, WA.