A cold day in the marsh and another around the bend.

This past Friday, five of us headed east to look at possible sites for the vegetative component of the sea-level rise project, that has been monopolizing my time and will for the next few years. The morning started off cold and raining with hopes of cancellation in the air. However, the rain subsided and the though the cold weather ensued, we endured the conditions and managed to visit all but one of the proposed five sites. Three biologists, a geologist, and myself wandered around the marsh looking at soil and vegetation distribution.

Lack of sleep the night prior and not being well acclimated to the cold weather, I began to look forward to the day's end. At a stop on Clubfoot Creek, located on the east side of the Suffix Scarp, which creates a higher elevation running north to south through the Neuse Estuary, our study location, the light illuminated the marsh grasses and surrounding forest in such a way, it made the effort seem worthwhile.