Teachers Conference or Snorkeling?

I spent the day today at a teachers training workshop sponsored by the National Trust. I think it is more tiring sitting all day through a conference than it is physically working. My back is very sore.

The teacher training workshop was all about integrating birds and reptiles into classroom curriculum. This was especially the case concerning the indigenous Rock Iguana which is critically endangered and exists nowhere else on the planet. We spent nearly three hours working on Iguana curriculum.

There is a protected are, Little Water Cay, which is home to 6000 Rock Iguana. The National Trust monitors the site. It is a major tourist attraction. The Iguana used to inhabit every island, today they only have habitat on 5% of the land. Ferrel cats, introduced as house pets, are now the major predator. They eat the Iguana. Pine Cay had a population of 15,000 Rock Iguana around 1960. Within three years of development and the introduction of cats onto the island there were none left.

I was at the workshop for networking, this was very successful.

I wanted to talk about snorkeling today, but instead I am going to leave and go snorkeling. It is all I can think about today.

See Ya.