17 July 2008 R/V Wecoma Cruise

This morning we docked at the Port of Astoria to switch out some scientific crew members and to pick up our Argos drifters. Our coring team of Mouzhong Xu, Mindy Ingebretson and Paul Walczak got off the ship and were replaced with grad student Caroline Fortunato, undergraduate intern Lauren Vice, and webmaster/videographer Jeff Schilling. We made a run to Fred Meyer for some more buckets and some dry ice for transporting sediment core samples back to OHSU. We also relaxed a little. Many folks went bowling in Astoria. I went out to dinner at the Columbian Cafe and then caught up on some sleep. I think the break was good for everyone, including the ship's crew.

Drifters without floats or sails