What did we do this week?
- Had a minor vehicle fire...courtesy of a Radio Shack DC cigarette plug outlet. No damage except for the plug and one other item because we got the fire out quickly.
- Conducted two 24-hour hippo pool sampling events.
- Had a Maasai Game Ranger remind me that nothing is easy in Africa...during one of those 24-hour hippo pool sampling events.
- Watched Amanda running after a Vervet monkey while threatening it with a stick...he was trying to steal our lunch.
- Learned that the hippos travel up and down the Mara River between 1900hrs and 2100hrs.
- Changed our fuel filter.
- Replaced the driver's side door glass....the one I accidentally broke last week.
- Had a baboon try to steal a 10 pound propane cylinder...he dragged it about 10 meters from our tent until Filliman caught up to him (what does a baboon need with a propane cylinder?).
- Had our field assistant go on sick leave.
- Captured a storm event on one of our data loggers that drove dissolved oxygen in the river down to 20%, turbidity up past the capability of our probe (well past 6000 NTU), and that resulted in a die off of elephant fish.
- Processed 34 water samples.
- Used up half a roll of duct tape.
Amazing! Love this update.
ReplyDeleteI love reading your updates, I'm glad the universe is keeping y'all busy.
ReplyDeleteAhh, field work... This post inspired me to come up with a similar list of my own, the highlights of which were: mud wrestling a 2 ft snapping turtle, out-swimming a cottonmouth (and then lightening!), playing nurse maid to two baby otters, and unintentionally teaching my GPS how to swim.
ReplyDeleteWe still ain't right! And, if we're lucky, we'll never be :)
You guys are so hard core!! I love it! Glad to see you've managed to keep JJ alive!! Keep up the good work in Africa!
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