Folly Beach- (Replacing the First Dixie Trip)

On January 24th, 2019, I visited Folly Beach, SC, with my class from College of Charleston. The weather was a bit chilly that day with a high of 57 degrees Fahrenheit and a low of 45 degrees. The hottest time of the day was at 2:45 p.m. with temperatures rising above 51 degrees. The cloud coverage remained on average about 47% coverage throughout the day. The precipitation average was less than 4% when our class adventured between the times of 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. The wind averaged around 12.7 mph when we visited, although it felt a lot windier than that! I remember the waves being epic that day, with sets. Our first stop was at a beach access near the middle of the beach. We were given bags to collect shells and other interesting things we wanted to research. We often stoped were there were many rocks gathered in hopes of finding a starfish, however, another classmate found a sand dollar which was neat. The coolest thing I found was a sand tiger's tooth! The next stop we drove to was known as the "washout" which was on the north side of the island by the lighthouse. On the walk, our professor spotted a monarch Butterfly which was fluttering near pine trees. We picked up more shells on that side of the island and walked through what seemed to be mud. During this trip I gathered around 2 Jingles, one was black and the other was gold in color, they were very fragile. I also found one Eastern Oyster shell, and 3-4 Ark Shells which had ridges in lines that started from the opening of the shell to its end. The other shells I gathered were Ponderous Arks shells and one Baby's Ear. The Baby's Ear was white and oval shaped with a small swirl near the left bottom. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed collecting these shells and going back to the lab and trying to identify them!

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