NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL TRIP

Tentative Itinerary

May 15-22, 2004

Fri., May 14        4 - 6 p.m.       drop off luggage/bedding/medicine

Sat., May 15       10:30 a.m.    students arrive at school

                         11:00 a.m.        leave school

                               7:00 p.m.     dinner- near Beckley, WV

                               10:00 p.m.       rest stop/prepare for night

                                (change drivers/drive all night w/rest stops)

Sun., May 16    8:00 a.m.        brunch – near Havelock, NC

                  11:00 a.m.    tour historic Fort Macon

                  1:00 p.m.         picnic on the beach

                  3:00 p.m.     arrive @ Atlantic Ocean, Trinity Center

                                evening class:  Whales & Whalers

Mon., May 17   9-12:00            Mystery Boat – fishing trip, marine studies/observe wild horses on Shackleford Banks

                                             p.m. classes @ Trinity Center

                                evening class:  Survival on the Coast

Tues., May 18   9 a.m.-3 p.m.  Dredge & trawl trip – aboard the Susan Hudson, a vessel owned & operated by Duke Univ. Marine Lab, w/class led by a marine biologist.  Tour Maritime Museum & the Old Burying Ground in Beaufort.

                                 evening class:  Beach Walk, Turtle Talk

Weds., May 19   9:30-3:30 p.m. Six-mile ocean voyage to Cape Lookout National Seashore/Lighthouse aboard a 45-foot catamaran with picnic lunch provided.

                                  evening class: First in Flight

 Thurs., May 20                      classes @ Trinity Center

                                 evening class:  Underground Railroad

Fri., May 21                   a.m. classes, lunch @ Trinity Center

                                souv. shop, depart for home, dinner en route

                                rest stop/prepare for night/change drivers

Sat., May 22                  breakfast en route

Make a Difference

As the old man walked the beach at dawn, he noticed a young man ahead of him picking up starfish and flinging them into the sea. 

Finally, catching up with the youth, he asked him why he was doing this.  

The answer was that stranded starfish would die if left until the morning sun.

 “But the beach goes on for miles and there are millions of starfish,” countered the old man.  

“How can your effort make any difference?” 

The young man looked at the starfish in his hand and carefully threw it to safety in the waves. 

“It makes a difference to this one,” he said.  

-Anonymous

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