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Day One
Waiting at the air port for our plane was boring. You had to be checked in every time you would leave the waiting area. It got old really quick. Once inside everyone was sitting with their people that they knew best so it was crazy.

The first plane ride was interesting. It was the first plane ride I have ever taken. I had to sit next to Chris Puett. He is the first person from Benton that I actually talked to and he is funny. At first I was scared of flying but after a little bit Nick… Continue

The beginning of the chapter didn't seem important to me. I think that it was the fact that we didn't need to know about how long it had rained and all the other good things around that. I believe that the "flood of the century" unlocked the mysteries scientists have had because it showed the world where all the fossilized coral reefs are located.

I believe that the majority of the coral reefs today have evolved from the coral reefs of the Devonian Period. It seems like the use of trees I use t… Continue

There is a great solitude about such a shore. The woods are never solitary- they are full of whispering, beckoning, friendly life. But the sea is a mighty soul, forever moaning of some great, unshareable sorrow, which shuts it up into itself for all eternity. We can never pierce its infinite mystery- we may only wander, awed and spell-bound, on the outer fringe of it. The woods call to us with a hundred voices, but the sea has one only- a mighty voice that drowns our souls in its majestic music.… Continue