Early Thursday morning

 Thursday morning, we were up at 7 a.m.  It was pretty chilly outside, but Rian was ready for the cold.

 As was Hailee with her flashy ear muffs!

 The Food Network came to our outdoor school to do a show on camp food.  Cheryl and Rachel were busy getting breakfast prepared. 

 The Marbled Murrelets, which included Sawyer, were on duty to set up breakfast.

Cole and Cochise were right there to help.  You can see their fearless leader, Matthew, in the background, making sure the boys were not slacking!

 Some of our girls...ready for the cool weather and the field studies for the day!

 We had a little meeting before breakfast to review our expectations...

Then it was time for a breakfast of eggs, sausage, and pancakes!  Yum!

 After breakfast, one of the girls' cabins had clean up duty!

Here's a view of the lodge from the side...

 Trenton and Alex are ready for their field study!

 The Sea Lions were always ready for a group shot!

 The mother of one of the Sea Lions, Sara, was taking her own photo..while John tried to get all the girls to laugh!

 This Sea Lion mama doesn't like to have her photo taken...

 This photographer kept trying...

 John watched it all...

 Sea Lion Mama Sara finally gave up...

Jason brought his Camel Back so he'd always have his water handy!

 Everyone started gathering on the steps of the lodge to get instructions on the next field study...

 Karli wasn't being cooperative with her photo-taking teacher...so Mikayla gave me a little help...

It worked...sort of...we got a smile with her eyes closed! 

 Do these look like outdoor guys? 

 Ranger Laura was telling us about the next rotation of field studies...

 We listened intently...

 Nathaniel and Michael were ready to go...

Cheryl and Katrina... two of our moms!

We were thrilled with the blue skies...and no rain...and we were excited to start our full day at the outdoor school!