I just can't believe how fast this has all gone by. I've been in Palau for almost five weeks now. It's been an incredible experience. Just indescribable. Things are wrapping up here. I was in lab Monday and Tuesday, but fortunate enough to go out to the site on Wednesday, our last day at the site. On our boat ride out to the site, we got caught in a terrible, crazy downpour. So everyone got absolutely soaked. Then I worked in the trench for a while, and when I got out, it was sunny and beautiful, and the water was absolutely stunningly gorgeous. It was by far the most incredible I had ever seen the site look. The last day, and after that massive rain.
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The final boat ride to the site.
Before the rain hit. |
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| Blue |
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| So blue |
In the morning I worked to excavate a burial that had mostly
been destroyed when a wall collapsed. So it was crushed and difficult, but we
got parts of it out successfully. Then we backfilled the big trench. It was
3.5x2 meters and about 1.5 meters deep. And we had to haul sand from the beach to
fill it. It was a tough job, but we had a great group and a rusty wheelbarrow,
so we made it work.
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| All done! |
We ended up finishing the backfill and had some time to
spare, so I walked around and took pictures. Hundreds of pictures. It was just
gorgeous.
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| Some Palauans were canoeing around Orrak |
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| Goodbye, weird hanging plant |
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| Goodbye, beach |
We took two boat trips back because we had to bring all of
our supplies and material. I went back on the second boat, so I was among the
last to leave the site. It was tough to say goodbye. But as we left, we looked
back at Orrak, and there was a perfect rainbow directly over it. I can’t even
explain that moment.
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| Goodbye, Orrak. Thanks for everything |
I can't believe the dig is over already. It was amazing.
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