Our day started with a thunderous pour of rain louder than WWII. We awoke early as usual to begin our scientific exploration. Groups continued their field and lab experiments with mixed emotions regarding results from the previous night. Overwhelmed with scientific knowledge we ended our morning with our friends the ants and went into the afternoon excited for the hike to come. Shortly after lunch half of us hopped into the back of a jeep while the other half sat in the back of a pickup truck not expecting an hour of constant bumps and potholes so big people were launched out of their seats. 20 minutes into the drive after driving through many rivers, we came to the "Bridge of Questionable Integrity". We all hopped out of the cars and walked across the bridge watching the trucks behind us hoping they wouldn't fall through the bridge that looked like it could barely hold 100 pounds.
    

     Once we reached our destination we were stripped of our backpacks and loose belongings to begin our expedition. It took us 10 minutes to get to the start of the first waterfall. We changed into our bathing suits and headed up the rocky river into a cavern. We were surprised to find a little swimming area under the waterfall that took everybody's breath away. The rain soon started to fall again and we exited the river onto our next adventurous hike. 2 minutes later we came across the cold spring just as pretty as the first. The experience was unreal.

  

After about 10 minutes in the cold spring we headed for the hot spring. We somehow managed to loose our teachers on the hike, they claim they got sidetracked trying to find a cure for cancer but we all know that's not true. The hot spring was fun and we finally didn't have hard rocks cutting into our feet. The owner of Finca La Anita, Pablo, managed to scrape his head trying to follow suit in Kaitlin's synchronized swimming show. Sadly we couldn't go to the double waterfall because it broke (apparently it collapsed). We took a shortcut back through the rain and everyone was drenched by the time we got back to the trucks. Showers were needed and white socks were no longer white. The day ended with dinner and a few groups finishing up their science experiments with the ants. All in all it may have been the best day yet. Everyone enjoyed himself and no one was severely injured. We are all ready for a good nights sleep and a day of science tomorrow. Farewell.

~Authors: Katie Page, Jamie Larson, Christina Truwit