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Air Products returned and delivered compressed air. This air will be
used to provide the atmosphere for inside the saturation chamber
[photos © 1998 Barbara Anne am Ende].
The hydraulics for the saturation chamber were hooked up today, though longer hoses are still needed to connect to the Ingersoll-Rand air compressors [photos © 1998 Barbara Anne am Ende].
While various team members and volunteers were working at different
tasks, others had a chance for a break while waiting to begin the
next series of jobs. Here at Wakulla there will always be something
for idle hands to do--pull hydrilla! Hydrilla is a non-native aquatic
plant that is choking the waterways. Ron Weiss, park ranger,
suggested that we take a rope and encircle a patch of the weeds, then
pull the loop to detach the plants. The loose plants will then be
placed on a barge and hauled away to be composted into fertilizer
[photos © 1998 Barbara Anne am Ende].
The barge set up was moved near to its final deployment location.
Fine tuning will take place as soon as the winch air lines arrive
(Ingersoll-Rand has already shipped them).
In the evening, the Jason and Rick who recently flew in from the UK had the first opportunity to brush up on their MK-5 rebreather skills by diving in the Wakulla spring pool.
Though it may sound like a lowly event, the team was happy to have a refrigerator delivered to Mission Control. The Wakulla Lodge serves excellent food, but it gets a little pricey eating there too often since we're all currently unemployed while volunteering for this project.
