If anyone has caught up with weather.com lately, I'll know that we've been getting hit with terrible storms. It was tropical storm Bonnie, and it's been awful. I can't imagine vacationing here and having this bad of weather. It rained Saturday, Sunday, stormed Monday and Tuesday and rained Wednesday and a little Thursday.
Monday we were out at the dig site for maybe about an hour when it started raining. We hid out in the shelter, but it didn't really stop raining, so we had to go back to the bungalows. We were going to have a lab day, but the tent was still destroyed from the last storm, so we had to work in shifts. Inefficient, but oh well.
Monday night we watched a storm roll in, way out over the ocean. It was pretty amazing, the lightning was incredible. We just watched this storm roll in and knew it was going to be intense. I don't think I'd ever seen that much lightning before in my life. But eventually we saw the power go out across the bay from us. And then it started to rain. And then the storm hit. We're in these little bungalows with open windows, and there is lighting all around us. The thunder was so loud. I'm not even sure how to convey just how intense this storm was, but it was crazy. Plus the storm lasted for hours. It started hitting hard around 9 and didn't stop until well after midnight. Not as bad as the Camp Luther Week 6 microburst of 2008 because the winds weren't as strong. But still. Intense.
Lightning!
But wait. There's another.
More lightning!
So the rest of the week hasn't been all that interesting. We lost internet for a long time, and cell phones were out. Between no cell service and the mud from all the rain, we weren't able to get back out to the site Tuesday or Wednesday, which was a huge bummer. Cleaning really small shells for 9 hours a day is enough to make anyone go postal. Luckily on Wednesday, Dr. Fitzpatrick asked Meagan, Greg, and me to go downtown to hang up posters advertising an event we're hosting on Saturday. So it was much better than cleaning shells.
Class Wednesday was enjoyable again. Our first lecture, by Mary Hill Harris, was about pottery. Pretty interesting. After dinner, our second lecture, given my John Swogger, was about archaeological illustration, and that was really cool. I love learning this stuff.
Today we were able to get back out to the dig site. It was really hot out, but I didn't mind. We've found a few more finger bones and a wrist bone. And lots of shells and pottery. At one point in time, Rachel was making conversation and looked over and asked "If you had all the money in the world, what would you do?" and I thought for a second and admitted "this." It was just a really cool moment, realizing how much I love this.
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