Sunday, March 20, 2011

Chilamate 2nd Day, Leadership Styles & Temperaments Biodiversity Study


                  This is Ben Anders and Brigid Thompson reporting from Chilamate, Costa Rica (day 2.) Breakfast was delicious. Jenna Beck ate 7 servings of food!!!! There was cereal, breadstick pastries with sugar, eggs with and without onion, sausage, yucca, rice and beans, and refried beans. After that we had a meeting about our Keirsey personality reports. Keirsey test explains what type of leader you are. I (Ben) am a rationalist which means I am logical in troubleshooting problems. I (Brigid) was a guardian. A guardian is a person who is serious when at work, but I love to have fun with my friends. After the meeting, we went white water rafting.  Our rafting guide was Morisimo. After about five minutes in the river, we hit a rock and Mr. Wooden fell off the raft setting a world record for the fastest time to fall off into the water (and for the funniest fall ever!!) There were lots and lots of rapids.  We got soaked!!! About halfway through the ride, we stopped at a little island and ate fresh watermelon and pineapple. Then we continued rafting and arrived back to camp just in time for lunch. We ate squash, rice and chicken, brown rice, potato salad with beats and lentils. After lunch, we had some time to check out some cool stuff that two local artists from the village brought over. Don’t worry families! We bought tons of stuff for you, too!! Then we had forty-five minutes of free time. We played ultimate hide and go seek throughout our eco-lodge house. On the first count, Brigid hid on the top bunk with a towel on her head.  For the second count, Brigid was it and I hid in a crib in the master bedroom. Brigid walked straight past me at least 7 times but she didn’t see me once. Ryan, the biologist, met with us to discuss bio-diversity and bio-density.  He took us for a hike in the rainforest and neighboring village. We learned about a humming bird that attacks other humming birds in the air. We also learned about the caiman and other reptiles. Then we came back and had dinner. We had tacos, rice, plantains, bread, salad, and beans. Today was really great! We would like to give a shout out to Brigid’s mom to let her know that her cuts are fine. Please don’t worry. This is Brigid and Ben signing off.    

4 comments:

Susan A said...

Great reporting! Sounds like you are having a fantastic, amazing time. Look forward to hearing more each day. 40s and rainy here today - so you aren't missing much! Ben, we miss you and love you! XO Mom, Dad, Abby, Wags & Zoey (yip!)

Unknown said...

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Marcia said...

Great reporting job, kids! Brigid, you must feel like you are at Northport with the bats. Remember, they are cute furry MAMMALS! Thanks for like letting me know about the cuts. I am actually more worried about Mr. Wooden than I am about you kids after reading the past 2 days reports :-)
Keep drinking lots of water!
Love you, Mom,Dad,Cameron,Raffiki,Elsa and Mackie (who is having a fun 10th birthday, Tag too :-) XOXO

Susan A said...

Great new video!!!!!!!!!