(Above)A sketch of Cardigan when we at the very top.
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As I woke to my second day of Cardigan, I filled up with a hearty breakfast and went outside to explore that day. Our group moved up the mountain as we hiked to the top of Cardigan, eating and taking breaks along the way. I noticed and passed by both invasive and natural species in my climb, and I really felt connected to Cardigan as I passed and climbed into the mist at the top of the mountain. Reaching the top, I felt the cold and bare summit of Cardigan under my feet. As I then continued to come down the mountain, I then realized it was not just me who had moved/changed at Cardigan, but the things and animals around me as well. My second day of hiking was not just geographical because of my movement over the course of a day, but the animals and items that had moved as well represented a theme of movement. For example, my items I had brought to and from school and on the hike represented the movement of things that day. Plants such as invasive species had been carried to Cardigan many years ago and continued to move across and grow on the mountain. Animals roamed the area, and as I noticed all these movements, it was interesting to me to notice that such things were able to move and change in Cardigan, and this movement of things such as an invasive species to a hiking hat both represented the movements that occurred on Cardigan and had changed Cardigan. Then looking at the people there, I realized that our movements during the day did not stop at objects or humans, but the ideas and wantings to go to Cardigan inside all of us. And at this, I realized that movement is always happening there and everywhere else, and while we may not know of it, we experience it every day.
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