Our last night of our adventure was a day filled with many tasks and old memeories. We started the day by rasing our anchor and saying goodbye to our friends from the Harvey Gammage as we motored back to Fernandina Beach. After lowering the anchor (again) and eating breakfast, we chnaged into our dirtiest clothes and prepared for our last Field Day on Sprit. Although there was plenty of work to be done, things got finished faster because instead of organizing our bunks, we would be shoving our smelly adventure clothes and gifts for our loved ones into our duffel bags. The group managed to get so many things done in a much shorter time than our previous field day. We all felt both tired and accomplished.
After cleaning, Molly and Ann were kind enough to purchase the group some shower time in the Marina shower ashore. We were also allowed to have one outfit for the plane ride home to be washed. The group was so glad that we would be squeaky clean for the strangers we would sit next to on the plane and for our families at home. After showering, we had the chance to walk around Fernandina and reflect on our our departure the next morning felt so unreal.
The end of our last day was espacially nice. After eating our last dinner prepared by Lizzie, all the hands mustered and had a final ceremony celebrating our accomplishments. All of the girls, plus Molly and Ann recieved our Ocean Classroom Certificates (one of the many forms of physical proof that we went through this). Captain Smith gave some very kind "last words" and Mr. Bailey recited a poem about returning home that was written by a former student. Afterwards the group recieved personalized paper plate awards that recognized each one of our different skills and qualities.
Before our last anchor watch we said personailized goodbyes to the ship, reminisced about good and bad memories and took pictures with our mates and deckhands. Although thinking about leaving in the morning was sad, we all fell asleep in our bunks or on deck in a very good mood.
Julia Brooks
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