The discoveries were rampant on Day Eight – outcrops, fossils, modern history, and…a float trip!

…and is right across from this one. Sketchbooks got a workout on this visit. See Tiny Sara way over there on the left.

The point of entry for Pigeon Creek tidal outlet. Here, the students were asked by Dr. Wronk to “BE the sediment” as they floated in snorkel gear out with the tide.

After bobbing serenely down this path, the students began to feel the rush the sediment feels – after army crawling through shallow water thalassia grass, the current carried them around into the delta. Amazing experience!

Next, a stop for some history appreciation. It is believed that “on or about” the spot marked by this white stone cross is where Christopher Columbus first landed his fleet in what became known as the New World.

Sketching at the dockyard. The evidence mounts and the sketchbooks create a clearer picture of the rock record.

The students climb over a rusted pipe that separates the dockyard from an entirely different world – a fossilized reef.

Vegemorphs! Vegemorphs are fossilized root structures, indicating past plant life on the reef – and are the research interest of student Crystal Luttrell.