Jupiter presented himself, rather benevolently, in the east late that first night. Just at “lights out” on Monday, I hastily set up one of the telescopes outside the front door of our cabin, The Caine. The boys of The Caine, already abed in their pajamas, each took a turn in the mild night air for a brief telescopic glimpse of the planet and three visible Galilean satellites before tucking back in for the night. Goodnight, moons? Tuesday’s schedule was jam-packed. Right after morning chow, we bussed to Wellfleet for our morning and afternoon activities. The first one has the longest tradition on Saint David’s annual visits to the Cape—the monumental Great Island Hike. This year, it featured the benefits of sunblocking cloud cover accompanied by mild breezes as well as sure footing at dead low tide. Lunch was a sandwich and a drink in the Great Island parking lot. A quick bus ride to the pier and we were then off with Amy and Emily on our afternoon Marine Life Cruise of the harbor. In splendid weather, we saw a great number of seals at Jeremy Point and dredged up dozens of interesting specimens, notably baby flounder and rather large spider crabs, to examine and handle before returning them to the water (and ourselves to the pier). Back at camp, there was time for the boys to complete their drawing work and play some sports before dinner. As clouds and drizzle began to roll in after dinner, Charlie Trapp, our caller, arrived to set up his p.a. system for the square dance. (The Chapin School contingent of sixty or so Sixth Grade girls had arrived Monday evening with chaperones. We had breakfasts and dinners at roughly the same time each day in the dining hall, until they departed Thursday a.m.) The boys and girls all turned up scrubbed and nicely dressed for the dance, and all did their level best to negotiate the kaleidoscopic geometries of square dancing, while maintaining their poise. Things became more relaxed
This year’s Cape Cod trip featured an afternoon of science courtesy of Dr. Heather Benway and Dr. Dave Gallo (shown above) from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The visit was made possible by George and Joyce Moss, the grandparents of George Moss ’13 and Oliver Moss ’15. Below: Julian Anderson ’13 tests household solutions for acidity, alkalinity.
and quite festive when “Cotton Eyed Joe” began. The girls all seemed to be “in the know,” but by the time the song ended, the boys had learned most of the moves by imitating the girls’ example. Another line dance concluded the musical portion, and Charlie began to pack up. But the evening continued a
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