What a fantastic day today was. I spent about 30 seconds at my desk where my butt was practically levitating over my seat. As soon as I came in, Nadia swept by my desk telling me to be ready in twenty minutes to go into the fjord. So after popping into the bathroom and checking my e-mail (I missed the teleconference call) we were heading our to the Tadoussac marina. The thick fog that has been blanketing Tadoussac is still here in full force.
Our destination today was Baie St-Marguerite. A site notorious for beluga sightings. Nadia and her helpers started the echolocation and I was trying to figure out how to get a more exciting, different view of her rather than just sitting and looking for whales. This allowed me to climb onto the front of the boat where I was splashed and thrown around a bit but it was pretty exhilarating. Fantastic!
The second part of my day was spent at the CDMM recording the St-Laurent-en-Directe program. Divers go underwater with a camera and stream live video of the St-Lawrence floor to a viewing room. It was the first time I had seen it and it was fantastic. Seriously, so colourful, so surprising and so interesting. I never knew how not-ugly the floor of the St-Lawrence is. I got some pretty cool footage and some pretty cool interviews. Yay!
On a tangent here but today while on the boat I realized how awesome this job is. Seriously, even if my movies are less than stellar, I'm having so much fun this summer. I meet new people almost everyday and hear some amazing stories. I'm so happy I decided to take this job instead of working as a customs agent (sorry Meredith). We got out outline for the Torngat mountains trip in August and it looks SO FREAKIN' COOL! Seriously, like there is an electric fence around the entire base camp to keep bears out.
So now I am here on the couch, reveling in the amazing opportunity that I am living.
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