final days

Thursday was officially our last day out in the field. We were all tired and sore--me more than the rest thanks to the lunges I did.
We collected our traps (in the rain) and then finished clearing the final bit of our trail. After finishing that bit we had lunch and returned home early (before 3pm).

Friday was nice because we didn't have much work to do. There was to be a survival skills training followed by survival skills application (in the field). I am confident that there will be a new reality series about me surviving different situations in the wild where I purposefully get lost and then survive and get myself out of situations.
Mid-afternoon was another application exercise. We were to walk along a large portion of the beach (where I videoed a run of mine) and determine if there were signs of mammals using field signs.
For well over 2 hours we transected the beach--scouring the beach looking for signs of animals (poo, fur, feeding signs, footprints, skulls, sightings). We found LOTS of poo; scat mostly of fox and coyote. The most fascinating find was mink footprints!

Here is a video we made for our students, school, district, and ourselves. We didn't have much time so there isn't as much as we wanted to include but I really like it. I hope you do too.

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