Welcome to Ossabaw

By: Arianne and ArielleArkwright

Hanging out with nature

• Ms. Sukkestad holding a mud fiddler crab (Uca pugnax) on day one of the Ossabaw trip.

Our Guide To and From The Island

• Mr. Crawfish pointing on a tree that woodpeckers peck to lap out the resin or rather the vein that the woodpeckers peck at.

The Storyteller

• Mr. Jim at the tabby houses and pointing out the fact that they were built by and for slaves. The tabby house is made from a mixture of S.L.O.W or (sand, lime, oyster shells and water).

Day Two This is a Indian burial

mound. Bodies in the mound were removed for farther research of their history.

Indigo PlantsAmorpha fruticosa

The Indigo plant was used long ago to make dye for fabrics.

The Water Sensor

• The water sensor measures depth, temperature, and pressure at a fixed point underground.

Dried Spanish MossTillandsia usneoides

Mr. Jackaka The Techman

Mr. Jack working with the ground water data. He is logging data onto the HOBO system.

The Golden Silk Spider

Nepila clavipes

THE END

This has been the end of our journey on this wonderful island. Thanks for the food and the entertaining company. Throughout this whole three day experience I have discovered history and a sense of what the heat is like at Ossabaw. I thoroughly enjoyed my experience.