I think I'm learning a lot more about the environment through teaching about it-- sometimes I feel like I study more now than I did in college! I like teaching my class, but revitalizing this "Knox Educational Study Tours" program has been pretty frustrating and tedious.
We climbed the tallest peak in the Caribbean-- Blue Mountain Peak. It was painful to do, but so beautiful!! We hiked 14 miles to the top, from about 2,000 ft. ele. to 7,400 ft. ele. in the middle of the night (we were told that's the way to do it so you can see the sunrise at the top). We went with some Jamaicans and other Peace Corps volunteers. Basically, we did 20+ miles on 0 sleep from midnight Friday to Saturday evening-- we tried to sleep once on Saturday morning, but we were outside and it was misty so we got really cold and damp; couldn't sleep. We were all miserable. But, we hiked above the clouds to where the vegetation was very different and very beautiful. It was an "elfin forest" where all the trees were dwarfed in size. Along the blue mountain trail were lots of tree ferns and moss-- very green and wet. It was amazingly beautiful! I heard (and saw) lots of birds just before dawn-- it was great!! I saw a few Doctorbirds (Streamertail Hummingbirds endemic to Jamaica) and Mango Hummingbirds (also endemic).
Papa's coming to visit this weekend for 3 days, then Aimee's visiting from March 20- March 28. So, the end of the month should be great!!
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