Day 6

Boom clap readers, 

We got around today! We woke up and got a quick breakfast in before grabbing a bag lunch and hopping on our bus. They surprised us with one big, comfy, luxurious bus and one small, cramped, not luxurious bus. Guess which one I was on? Making up for that slight inconvenience, however, was the fact that Bishop Katherine gave us a talk about the oceans. Bishop Katherine is dope. She studied Oceanography at Stanford and Oregon State (go Beavers) where she was stationed on a research base similar to the one we visited later. After a relatively long trip on the bus we arrived at the Bodega Bay Research Center. Soon after, half of us went to a small beach/cove for about 20 minutes. I think that was late addition to the itinerary when they realized not all of us could go at once. After our little excursion we got to go have the short lecture and tour around the center (not gonna lie I talked to Bishop Katherine most of the time). It was actually quite striking though. The amount of trash and pollution in our waters is obscene and the toll it is taking on the wildlife is no better. After that informative visit we packed back into the sardine can we called a bus and made a jaunt down to the Marin Headlands to learn about the area and its history, like the lighthouse and foghorn. After that we went down the hill to the Marine Mammal Center to learn more about the indigenous species. That was a very interesting tour and the work they do down there is quite noble and underappreciated. If it wasn't for my job at and loyalty to Chipotle, I would love to volunteer there. Anyway we got to see the animals they were rehabilitating there, like sea lions and otters, and learn about how they were cared for. After this,  we headed down to Rodeo Beach where we frolicked on the rocky sand and had a small service and Eucharist with Bishop Katherine and Bishop Barry (also dope), the Bishop.of the Diocese of Northern California where all.of the other kids' churches are. We sat down at the picnic tables afterward and feasted on exquisite Subway sandwiches and chips. Finally once we were adequately fed we drove back to the campus and had a wonderful lecture from Bishop Katherine on a range of topics including the ocean and its condition, immigration, the church, our future, and anything else we had questions about. I truly do urge all of you at home reading this to do some research into her and watch her speak because she is honestly astounding and I can't begin to do her justice on this. Finally, tired and with full bellies and brains, we retired back to our dorms. I am still having trouble getting used to my dorm because of both the size of the room and the lack of Bo sharing it with me. It was a very long, fulfilling, and fun day and we are all having a good time excluding some homesickness. 

Love to all and Jabwow forever,

Ryan