The night has gone by really fast. It wasn't long after we started that Chris finally spotted a turtle. I gatored up north with Brent and Nicky, two of my pals from school, to check out the turtle. This was their first leatherback and they were excited to watch her nest. She was a new turtle and we named her Shelly because she had to dig through a lot of shells in the sand to make her nest chamber (she did a good job though!). We tagged her and took off to survey the rest of the beach. As soon as I headed south again, I spotted a leatherback track leading up the beach. Luckily I caught the turtle as she was dropping eggs and was able to tag her. A tough turtle she was! Her left rear flipper was missing completely and a big chunk of the tail end of her carapace was gone. Her front flippers were quite torn up too. But she did her best to dig a little hole and lay her clutch (she filled the hole right up to the top). A visiting student from Vermont named her Clover, after his home state's flower. Other volunteers helping us out tonight were Maureen, from the Ft. Lauderdale- based National Save the Sea Turtle Foundation, Claus and Ole (sorry if I spelled that wrong). Well, after Clover left the beach, Chris took one more run and we headed for cover. The rain came pouring down, keeping us off the beach for the rest of the night...but at least we got two turtles!