Season of Frustration
I have unpardonably left you, dear reader, in a long state of suspense, with our boat engine on fire and facing considerable uncertainty in how we could continue to work, stranded as we were on Paget Island... The Bermuda Government, in the form of YSR Leadership and Captain Andre, saved the day (or rather the last two weeks) by giving us discounted charters of the Paget Island boat Sin or Swim to continue to take to and from Smith's Island and the St. George's Lab each day. Our ability to keep working with Bermudian volunteers became complicated, but many came out anyway - having become hooked on the thrill of finding artifacts, getting dirty, sweating profusely, and our usual fever-dream stream of consciousness working chatter even after they earned this year's unique field school shirt. The students enjoyed rotations through the lab working with Valerie in the final week. With transportation sorted out, we focused on completing the mad scramble to get our planned excava...
