Snail Races

Maybe you get a little cabin fever when you're stuck in a forest, I don't know. But we wanted to have a little fun. So we went to Walmart for supplies and decorated some of the snails for the first annual snail race. (all snails were cleaned after the race :)


Sometimes a little coaching doesn't hurt.


We placed the snails at the end of a table and rubbed an apple down the table to hopefully give some 'inspiration.' I made the RSU snail and the one with the orange pom-poms. We didn't win, as a matter of fact, my snails went the wrong direction, to the edge of the table, lol. But at least my snail didn't cheat. One snail hitched a ride on another's back, but it wasn't a very good cheater b/c that snail only traveled in circles.


Miami won about an hour later! AND he came back down the table for a victory lap.


GOOD TIMES!

If a tree falls in the forest...

If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a noise? Yes my friend, yes it does. Summer is the rainy season in Puerto Rico. And with the rain comes wind. This tree fell across the driveway to the field station over the weekend. Since its the weekend the station employees are not available. So the researchers found a chainsaw to clear the drive. it was hilarious because you could tell none of these guys have used a chainsaw before. Leave it to the country girl to give direction on how to cut from the bottome, etc. Come on guys, put your back into it! (or legs lol)

In the last picture Mike and Mary scratched M+M in the stump. Look past that, aren't the rings cool?!