Day one

Here we are again... at the beautiful Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences! The island fared relatively well in Hurricane Joaquin and only had some wind shear and localized power outages. Our group left as scheduled and headed into a fifty knot breeze, which surprisingly enough did not make for a difficult flight save the landing. Due to the heavy breeze, our late afternoon snorkel was postponed but that gave us some time for a late lunch and to settle into our rooms and clean up a bit. The weather is a balmy 83 degrees with 80% humidity but there is a fresh breeze to make it a little more comfortable. As usual, the olfactory senses are jumping with salt air and the wonderful aromas of the indigenous flora.