Cruising the Panama Canal

Cruising through the Panama Canal was amazing in recognizing the innovations and how life was improved in the world because of it. New enginneering design built a modern canal system never used before and Malaria was an obstacle that the entire world benefitted when the epidemiology and curable treatment was discovered.

The Panama Canal is a tollway shipping channel traveled many times a day everyday.
A rainforest sits in this canal that borders Columbia and Costa Rica. This rainforest is the home for families, schools of children and tropical wildlife.

Volcano Mt Paos, Costa Rica

Sea Turtle, endangered species are hatched in nurseries and released in Mexico to the Pacific Ocean.

Iguanas are native to Mexico.

Education through Travel

A Cruise through Panama Canal, by way of Aruba .

As I sit in my cabin, outside Kyle, South Dakota, on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, this winter day, it is 19 degrees outside. Wind is 55-70 mph from the north with snow and ice making a wind chill of -7 degrees. I have a fire going in my wood burning stove and my dog, Mackenzie husky in asleep in the kitchen area, one of the few times he comes inside now. This is the perfect time for me to reflect on my educational excursion through the Panama Canal just one week ago.
Hope you enjoy the pictorial journal of the cruise.

I embarked on an educational excursion from the post hurricane area of Florida. The damage was sad, but the people were in good spirits and already repairing damage from the hurricane. Our ship launched from Ft Lauderdale and set course for Aruba.
Launching Ft. Lauderdale, Florida .

1st Stop: Aruba (a Netherlands colony just above South America) Aloe Plantation

Butterfly conservatory in Aruba (www.thebutterflyfarm.com)

Natural Bridge, a tourist and historic landmark, fell the night before we arrived!

Downtown in Aruba shows Netherlands influence as a colony.

Who's Who in American Education, 2006-7

Gwendolyn Foote ; Texas A&M University Former Student
(Wendy Foote; Class of '75) Texas A&M University; College of Veterinary Medicine was published in Marquis' "Who's Who in American Education" 2006-2007. Gwendolyn (Wendy) Foote (Class of ’75) graduated from Oglala Lakota College in South Dakota, Certified in Elementary Education/Middle School Science &Math; K-12 Art and SpEd. She also holds a Master's Degree from University of Texas in Interdisciplinary Studies. Gwen has taught science and math in classroom /accelerated honors programs, including INMED Honors Program ("Indians in Medicine")with high school students on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, emphasizing her background in Biomedical Science and Medical Technology (TAMU). Gwen was awarded grants for science programs, including Toshiba, SEMAA, and NASA grant NES Explorer Schools (first in South Dakota).Gwendolyn is on the faculty of Oglala Lakota College, Department of Education, Piya Wiconi, Kyle, South Dakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Gwen is a member of Texas A&M Former Students Association and National Science Teachers Association.

Gwen Foote was recognized in "Who’s Who of American Women" in 2005.
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