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Wind, cold weather make for frosty McCookout

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A little bit of wind and rather frigid temps is not enough to deter us!

Despite rather cold and windy conditions we had our first McCookout in its new location. Construction continued on the other side of McCook Hall, so the folks at Aramark were nice enough to put a picnic table next to the McCook parking lot and we were good to go. Jon  lit the first fire of the season, Christoph brought an apple pie and a bunch of sausages, Sarah brought some mystery dessert (see below), and Joan contributed – you guessed it – veggie burgers. The top contribution came from our freshmen: candy canes and an assortment of other goodies. Maybe the start of a new McCookout tradition.

Lauren and Sarah bringing gifts.

Despite the frigid temperatures we had a blast and are looking forward to next Tuesday.

I am not sure what Sarah brought - but it was goooood! (chocolate somethings, I guess)

Ryan Burch ’98 Introduces Senior Seminar Students to Aquaculture

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Ryan Burch '98Ryan Burch ’98

Ryan Burch, who graduated from Trinity in 1998 (long before we had an ENVS program) learned about Environmental Science at Trinity after seeing a picture of our recent Iceland trip in the Trinity Reporter (this one). So last fall he picked up the phone and called me up, offering his help with the program. Ryan now works for the harbor master’s office in Brewster, MA and invited us to come out to the Cape for a visit.

Yesterday evening Ryan gave a talk on shellfish aquaculture to our senior seminar. He introduced us to all stages of the shellfish farming process, from obtaining the proper permits to harvest and sale of the grown product 3 to 6 years later.

Of course, no lecture on shellfish is complete without a little tasting. Here Ryyan shows how to shuck an oyster:

and less than a few minutes later we got to try it ourselves:
What a way to end the day!