Ocean Day
loading the bus at Lafayette
driving past the Wiyot Indian Reservation on Table Bluff
wetlands on the Eel River flood plain
looking down South Spit from Table Bluff
arriving at South Spit we saw our designated plot on a map
Coast Guard Station across the entrance to Humboldt Bay
our leader from the BLM explained our task
and we went to work pulling the invader grass
it was a team effort...
...of our three third grade classes from Lafayette
...along with 700 other
students from the region!
soon we were creating
quite a pile
after an hour we stopped for...
lunch...
after lunch we played some games
including Smaug’s Jewels
with Crystal’s dad Gerry as Smaug
then one class at a time...
took their place forming a huge aerial art design...
that would be photographed from the air
Lafayette formed the tale of the whale
Mr. Cattons’s class
Ms. Alle’s class
Ms. Rosser’s class
Kristi & Crystal near the tip of the right fluke
watching the sky
pelicans fly by
and pretty soon...
the helicopter approached
with it’s door open...
and photographer Gary Todoroff taking our photo
...and waving
then it was off to the buses
boarding ours
some catching a few winks on the drive back to Eureka
and next day, seeing our
photo in the newspaper
whale tale
the tail is us
