Day 2!  Two very interesting and informative lectures one by Alicia, the resident intern here at CEDO and Dr. C (Alex) trip Mage, Scholar and Leader.  I found both to be very enjoyable and - for me since music is my area - very educational.  I am again reminded of just how great & gifted our faculty really are at MCC-RM.  Alex made the lecture both interesting & enjoyable, infusing it with a reference to a particular Jalepeño dip that we have all grown quite fond of eating! ;-)  [As an aside:  I have always appreciated getting to hear my colleagues speak on their given areas of expertise... Marine biology has been a hobby and interest of mine for a long time, so it was nice to hear a word from the "master teacher"!!!]  Thanks Alex!

Evening meal was spent at Al Capone's Pizza parlor... good food!  We celebrated with Erinn as it was her birthday (Happy Birthday Erinn!) and had a very enjoyable evening.  Upon returning to CEDO several of the students wanted to attempt some late nite tide-pooling...so off to the water they went.  Alex and I grabbed some lights, including the UV lights, and headed down to join them and managed to come a cross a few of the local fauna of the Desert Hairy Scorpion types (Hadrurus arizonensis), roaming the neighborhood in search of a meal.  The first one we found was about 4-5" and a bit of a surprise for the both of us... Check out Jessica's photos...awesome under a black (UV) light!  A little further down the path and we came upon several more.  Sharing this "find" with the students coming back from the beach, they were a little "SURPRISED" to see these lovely little critters that were all around their sandalled feet!  We ended up finding about 8 altogether... good reason not to go barefoot in the sand especially at night!