Today we headed even further south to Grand Isle to volunteer at the Nature Conservancy.  Basically we cut down invasive trees in the barrier island and picked up garbage and debris from the last storm.  We worked in the morning in about 75 degree weather which was wonderful, but quite warm in all the clothing we were wearing. 

We broke for lunch and one of the leaders of the effort, Mel, spoke to us for a while about how the wetlands have become the most disappearing land mass in the world, the importance of conserving the wetlands and different measures that could be taken to build them back up.  It was great to get to go down and actually experience a community directly affected by the dissapearing wetlands and get to contribute to conserving them. 

After lunch, Mel gave us the option of going back to the “camp” that he stays at right on the beach to just hang out on the beach for the rest of the day.  Obviously, we eagerly got in the vans and headed over.  Almost all of us swam in the Gulf in 69 degree water- it made for an interesting and a bit chilly ride home. 

We stopped at Big Al’s on the way back to Dulac and all enjoyed an awesome meal of seafood.  Overall, we all had a great day and are ready to get back to work in Dulac tomorrow morning.