Week two and our visitors

The second week of project wasn't the most exciting one. on monday we both had our Bio AP test. which by the way didn't go so well (i did get a really good nap in during it though). after our test we grabbed a quick bite and then left for oak harbor. the weather wasn't too great so we did our counting in the car. we worked till about five and then went to the cabin where we enjoyed a succulent meal of macaroni and cheese and watched inception. in the morning we worked for a few hours without any major hiccups and we learned how to calibrate the electronic car counters in the park. we had to leave at about 12 so that we could get back to Hawken in time for Ian's track meet. Usually we take Wednesdays off but because Ian also had a meet on thursday we had to come back to the park on thursday. Ian had a statistics AP on Wednesday so we had to leave late we got to the park around 6 and went straight to work. we managed to get about 2-3 hours of counting in at hours we previously hadn't so that was nice. as we pulled in to our cabin we noticed another car parked right there. we entered the house and to our surprise there was a man and a woman sitting at the kitchen table. turns out they were experts on aquatic ecosystems from the us geological services and our mentor told them that they could stay there on Wednesday because we usually have that day off. the only problem was that he forgot to tell them that we'd be working that day. we could have stayed in the cabin together except for the fact that i am not 18 yet and as government officials they couldn't stay in the same house with me if i wasn't 18. after a long and unsuccessful effort to find lodging for the night. after a long search they eventually found a place to stay. thursday we ended up working for a few hours before heading home so that Ian could attend a track meet.