Bubbles in the Bathtub

We are just finishing up a week's worth of meeting with folks at the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. We (as in biogeo) have been asked to do a biogeographic assessment of the santuary and the surrounding areas for the specific purpose of helping them to evaluate several boundary change alternatives they are considering for the sanctuary. Depending on what we find I suppose we could even suggest a new boundary. We also been meeting with folks that have been collecting relavant biological information in the region to see what we can get our hands on for the analyses. All very interesting stuff. I haven't had a chance to get wet, but I'm not a big fan of cold water anyway. The weather has been great and I've checked out as much of the coastline as I could.

The best part is that I had never been to Santa Barbara before (it is quite nice), and I was able to bring my wife along. This is our first trip away from the kids in two years!

Two more meetings today then I'm on the red-eye back to Silver Spring. Back on a plane the next day to Miami and Key Largo for a REEF banquet.

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