Monday the 15th

Today we got up at 6AM so that we could all have breakfast and make lunch before heading out to the Spokane Tribal Hatchery. There we met with 3rd through 5th graders who were there on a field trip and helped them make bracelets representing the different stages of the salmon lifecycle. It was a good time and the kids were actually really into it so I'm glad they enjoyed the activity. We also got a short tour of the hatchery, from the raceways where the eggs start to the very advanced trailer that is capable of clipping over 60,000 fish in one day according to our wonderful tour guide Anthony. Afterwards we returned to the campgrounds we are staying at where Juan taught us how to take soil probe core samples. Tomorrow we will finish our analysis on those samples. The heat started to get to me a few times today but with some AC breaks and water I was fine. Hoping to get some more sleep tonight, hopefully there isn't a loud horse again!

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