"Today we left port about 10:30am. We sailed around Cape Cod and through the Cape Cod canal before making it out to sea finally. I decided this today about Cape Cod people: while I had an initial feeling of disdain for them, I can sympathize with them because they are ocean people, and ocean people must be good, right? The crew is very agreeable, besides myself, there are 4 scientists from NMFS, ranging in age from 25 to 33 (yes, I'm the youngest). The NOAA corps (http://www.noaacorps.noaa.gov/) is the group responsible for navigation operations. We have two officers onboard, Carl and Anna Lisa. Bill is an older very friendly gentleman from Maine. He has been the cook all day - treating us to delicious yankee pot roast for lunch, chocolate cake from scratch, and reubens for dinner. I decided that I do like reubens after all. We have literally been steaming (moving) all day, not doing any work besides for reviewing the sampling protocol, learning the data management system, and working on some fish IDs. SO literally I just read all day on the deck and talked to my fellow crewmates. They are a fun group, down to earth. I feel a bit left out since they often reference people from NMFS, but the stories they tell are funny anyway. It really takes away my worry about having to be overly professional and hiding the "real" Nikki". Mostly Im excited to just be around scientists again, I relate to them well. Tomorrow should be a long one, workingsun-up to sun-down. I hope to learn a lot about fish classification and processing. I've been doing fine as far as seasickness goes. I am laying in my bed now and it is an odd but enjoyable feeling to feel the bed rocking me to sleep.
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