Today we had a representative of our sponsor organization visit us named Daniel. We are sponsored by the Durfee Foundation, which was started by the fellow who invented the Avery label. We showed him how to take cores and explained the research we are doing. We hit basal peat today! We even got a full 50 cm in one core! This left most of us ecstatic, which possibly attests to having been the marsh too long. The temperatures are rising in the low 90s today and the middle to high 90s tomorrow with no wind that gets harsh.
After finishing at Magothy, we went to the US Fish and Wildlife Service to ascertain our permit for tomorrow. The man that works there was the picture of a park ranger in his baggy slacks. He had the look of a man who has spent too long immersed in marsh muck. The site looks idealist, as far as marshes go, with many little streams and some beautiful marsh grass.
Simon gave his sea level talk tonight and elucidated and elaborated upon our previous knowledge greatly. Sea level rise and fall is now a much more complicated scenario. Some of the funnier tactics used in the presentation were a head and a soccer ball to illustrate the earth and sun. We returned to the food lion to complete a record reconnaissance mission for all our food except that we forgot the butter and Simon and Candace had to make a quick second run. We are all beginning to dread the end of our trip and that feeling is starting to hang in the air.

Cheers,
-The Team