Today we went all the way from BIOS to the end of the Island!
We have now successfully driven our mopeds the entire length of Bermuda. Woo! To break the long trip up into pieces we stopped at various beaches along the way. Pink sand was abundant, as well as sea glass, limpets, and shell fragments. At one of the beaches we stopped to count the number of Homotrema rubrum (forams) in one inch plots. We concluded that there are about 36-60 pink forams per plot. That’s a lot of forams! It also explains why the sand looks so pink. It’s beautiful!
We even got to see some pretty cool cup reefs from up above. They really stick out due to the clarity of the water here. Sometimes if you look really close you can see parrotfish swimming around. Speaking of parrotfish, today we found evidence of parrotfish on the limestone at Stonehole Bay. They leave nibble marks on the rocks that have a very distinctive appearance.
And then Bruce showed us South Hampton Formation at Stonehole bay! What an interesting looking rock formation. At first glance it looks like loose sand. But it’s rock!
Then we found chitons leaving trails in the sand. They move so slowly, but this makes it easy to tell where they have been. We also saw some limpet trails. So neat! I really like chitons. Limpets are pretty awesome too.
Then we stopped to see a fossil coral reef! It is hard to tell apart from the rest of Bermuda limestone unless you look really close and see the red algae.
On the way back to BIOS, we stopped in Hamilton for a quick caffeine boost and some warmth. A dark chocolate mocha later, I was back on my moped and ready to complete the trip back to BIOS.