Day Three:

On my third and final day at Cardigan Mountain, the weather was dreary and rainy, and after packing and breakfast, my group set off to do a stream study at Baileys Brook. Because of the wet weather, everybody had to dress accordingly and wear rain coats. This is an example of how humans are affected by the environment. It was a short hike, flat for the most part, and we passed quite a few campsites. It seemed that many people love to camp there at Cardigan; it is a fantastic way for people to interact with nature and the environment. When we got to the brook, we took some time to explore; it had a rocky bed, and the water was clear and fairly swiftly moving. Spanning across it was an old wooden footbridge, built so people could get over the stream. After recording some of the obvious characteristics, we conducted an experiment in which we took a small sample of the river water and tested its oxygen levels; I believe we found it to be very sufficient. Later, we continued exploring, and caught a few creatures we found; water skimmers, a couple of frogs, even a few fish. We also built a cairns; piles of rocks that people build to mark trails towards the tops of many mountains when there are no longer trees to mark. We had seen many of them the day before, but we did not build any. After a while, it got too rainy for us for us at Baileys brook, so we decided to head back to the lodge and decide what to do next. We ended up spending the rest of the day playing cards and discussing the things we saw and learned over the course of the last few days. Finally, it was time to leave, and, exhausted, everyone got back on the bus to go home.