After two days of work, we have tagged 31 fish (both from the surface and from the bottom). In the world of acoustic telemetry, that is a respectable number. With eight days yet to go, I am feeling guardedly optimistic about our progress.Even more interesting than tagging fish, was a visit from the Girl Scouts. That's right, we had a visit today from 5 girl scouts from around the country. The winners of an essay contest are spending a week down here in the keys diving and looking around. Most of us down here have spent years waiting to get a chance to come down to the Habitat. These girls, still in their teens, have now done what most of the marine science community will never get a chance to do. And they brought cookies on their visit as well!

While we don't expect visitors tomorrow, we have high expectations for yet another interesting day tomorrow.

Cheers.