Feburary 8, 2012

Today we decided to see what was in some water samples from around town.  We got a little Chesapeake Bay, and two samples from the Lynnhaven River ( water at Church Point, and mud behind the Thoroughgood House).  We also collected sand  to study. We learned From Helen at LRN that the sulphur smell the innundated us at the mud site was a good sign that the wetlands were performing their function.  She told us the smell was from decomposition.  Not in the same vein, but while we were at the Thoroughgood house the curator shared some information about the Lynnhaven Parish that washed away from church point in a hurricane many many moons ago.  We learned that Adam Thoroughgood along with his wife and subsequent husbands were all buried in the river (while it was still dry land next to Lynnhaven Parish) off the shore at church Point, and that scuba divers can still visit their grave.

Pic 1: the mud from the Lynhaven was very very busy with tiny life.  I'll upload a video someday, but my computer is not in the mood!

 Gorgeous view of the river from Church Point.

 Mud hopping for our Church Point sample.

 The story on the plaque is slightly different than the one the curator told us, but I'm guessing they are just two parts to the same story.  Research will ensue.

 Elias getting the sample at the Thoroughgood House.

 Elias holding the bay sample.

 Elias with the bay water sample and the sand sample (in the wawa cup :))