Botas

Part excited and part reluctant (growing up I always thought that word meant the opposite of what it really does) to get back to the field this morning. It really couldn’t have started out much worse. Sorry for complaining, but my boots disappeared over the weekend. Really couldn’t have many other things stolen that would bother me this much.

Pumped and ready to get out to the plot and I take a look at the boot rack and they just weren’t there. It was also kind of rainy most of the morning. Went with plan B for footwear involving gaiters and my hiking boots that have about 300 too many miles on them. Depressed and late I biked off.

Got to the plot with the task of finding another half hectare tucked away somewhere at the back of the property. Luckily, the Bosques crew began their census out there today and I got some quick directions and found it within a few minutes. Discovered that the plot begins just off the Lindero Sur about 200m from our typical entrance.

Took it kind of slow and finished with 54 or so trees out of the total half-hectare of 219, nice and tiny. Headed back to the lab at 2:45pm and enjoyed a nice hot shower and a thick layer of aloe gel. Forgot about the whole boots thing for a while to get through the rest of the day. Watched Sunday night’s Entourage with Debra, happy that Medellin is good (or at least has a good trailer), we think.

Spent a lot of time working on the vacation blog entry to get that up tonight and watched the first part of the Yanks’ shutout. After dinner we had a talk by Erin from U. Miami on big seeds, peccaries, and agoutis (glorified tropical squirrels). Beforehand, I dropped some laundry in and got back to switch machines.

Stayed up until 10:00pm finishing the laundry and blogging. Pretty uneventful day with a minor downside to be sorted out tomorrow (our great country’s 231st birthday).

BP