General Forrest Middle School

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General ForrestMiddle School

• 2006
• Dauphin Island
• Sea Lab Trip

Fun. Sun. Friends. Knowledge. Memories.
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Friday, March 24, we arrive by bus.
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Our first class- History of Dauphin Island.
Tour of Fort Gaines
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Visiting the latrine.
Latrine is another name for bathroom. So in
other words we are sitting on 19th Century
toilets.
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Meeting the blacksmith.
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The heart of Fort Gaines.
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Fire in
the hole!
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We visit the Indian Mounds.
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Now, we observe a Goat Tree.
They are called Goat Trees because long ago
when there were goats on the island, the would
climb in these trees when hurricanes came.
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After the Indian Mound and Goat Tree observation
walk, we head to the beach for free time.
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No one really felt like getting in the water
though.
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While on the beach, we also came across an old
piano washed ashore from Hurricane Katrina.
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Then we went back to the dorms, for the night.
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Then it was off to bed.
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Early the next morning we assembled outside for
breakfast.
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The food was amazing.
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Our second class-
Sea Life in and Around Dauphin Island
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The boat trip.
We boarded the ship,
said goodbye,
and set sail!
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Then we drop the net.
They use pulleys to raise and lower the net.
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They finally brought the net back up.
Some of what we caught we had to throw back, and
the rest we closely examined.
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After lunch that day we changed clothes, then
headed for
The Marsh
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A marsh (other wise known as an estuary) is where
fresh and salt water mix to create a completely
different ecosystem than that of the ocean or the
river.
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It was muddy, gross, and stinkyBut we LOVED
every minute of it!
Maybe a little too much.
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The point of the whole thing was to catch many
diverse species and examine them.
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The next day -after a wonderful dinner, a good
night of rest, and another great breakfast- we
went to the classroom and had a quick class, then
dissected squids and ate some calamari along with
some shrimp.
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Thenwehadtoleave.
ZZZzZzZzzz
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We loved every single second of the-
2006 GFMS Sea Lab Trip.