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Taylor Shellfish Farm! By:Katauna Loeuy = = = On a nice sunny Monday morning, our class went to a special field trip to Taylor Shellfish Farm. One of my favorite parts of the field trip was running around and getting dirty in the mudflats! Another part of the field trip that was really fun was watching everyone hold the geoducks! Lastly, I liked trying the raw oyster and see everyone else try it too! = = One of my favorite things about the field trip was running around in the mudflats! When I was in the mudflats I got stuck several times, and at the same time while I was tromping through the mudflats I not only got stuck but I sunk into the gooey mess! At first I wanted to get stuck, but then I finally did get stuck and my mind changed FAST, because I fell in right away! After that my friend and I ran back to the beach where there was no mud. We ran to the water so we could clean up our boots, and a couple minutes after we decided to go back in the mudflats and get stuck again! I also enjoyed walking to the mudflats because it was a long path but it was worth it even though it was BURNING hot out! I got splashed twice but it didn’t matter because I was already covered in mud and water! = = Earlier before the mudflats, kids held the geoducks, except for a few people. They brought out only two geoducks but it was enough for our class of 25! When the geoducks came out of the filter they were ready for us to put our hands on them! As soon as the goeducks came out of the water kids were screaming of joy or disgust! Because water was dripping from the end, we didn’t think it was water we thought it was something else! The geoducks had just come from the Ocean the day before the field trip but they were still really long. Nicole (the girl who has presented everything) had already brought the geoducks to our class. But the difference was more people wanted to hold them then in class. = = And the last and final thing we did before going back to school was try a raw oyster! One of the things that I thought was funny was seeing all the different emotions after trying the raw oyster. I saw a lot people try a raw oyster but only some of them liked it! 23 people in our class tried it and 5 of them liked it! It was funny seeing a LOT of people spit, turn red, smile or say Yum! Sometimes the oyster was so jelly you couldn’t even get it down your throat. When I tried the raw oyster I couldn’t get it down my throat or stand it in my mouth! It didn’t taste as good as I thought it would, in fact it didn’t taste the best at all, mine had a rock in it! = = Going to Taylor Shellfish Farm was SUPER fun hopefully we will get to go again! However, I don’t ever think I will take a look at a raw oyster ever again! =