Wednesday February 18, 2009

It was cloudy, but warm when we woke up this morning. We finished identifying the artifacts that we had worked on yesterday and then started on a new batch from the same site. These came from 110 to 192 cm below the surface and are full of small fish and snake vertebrae, turtle, leg bones of small mammals, some shell and some limestone. We did find a raptor claw and a polished bone that had obviously been used as a tool. It is hard on the eyes though as the pieces are incredibly small. We ate outside again today - cloudy, but in the 70's. By the time we got out of the lab, it was raining lightly. We gassed up the car and then came back to the motel. We decided to eat in tonight. Dave had mac and cheese and I had soup that we had picked up at the local Publix. We also had dessert that we picked up there - mango key lime pie - not as good as straight key lime, but good none the less and I believe one of the few desserts we have had on the trip. We bought half a pie so have enough for another night. We got a few valentines in the mail this morning and also got a note from Dan's school. He made a small cardboard boy named Flat Stanley (after a character by that name in the Flat Stanley books). His teacher sent it to us and we are taking pictures of FS while we are here in Florida. Today he posed with some of the artifacts that we have been working with along with some cool skulls that we found in the bone lab - a huge cow and a sea turtle. I think FS will have a good vacation here in the Sunshine State.