That Day 2 Doh!

By Tommy H

Red Group, Day 2 block 3

Semptember 30 - October 2, 2015

This is a picture of a plot study we performed while climbing up Firescrew.

Day 2, the longest day, was possibly the most exciting and exhilarating. After waking up, having breakfast, and packing a lunch for the day, we met up in our hiking groups again before the BIG HIKE! Our group was going to climb up Mt. Firescrew, cross over the saddle to Mt. Cardigan, and then go back down. While climbing up Cardigan, we performed many plot studies, where we would look at an area of land and study it. At one, we saw a stone foundation of a house dug into the dirt. Also, we saw large rock walls that were separating different kinds of trees from each other. It was a long journey, taking up most of the day. In short, we did some plot studies, practically broke our toes climbing down the mountain, nearly froze to death at the top of Mt. Cardigan, and discovered, oh, I dunno... 8 false summits? We would come to a large, rocky area saying that we made it, and that we are at the top... and then realizing that we have another quarter mile to the real summit... which is another false one! We DO eventually make it up there, but then we have to go over to Cardigan. At the top of Cardigan, there was a water tower- a clear example of humans interacting with the environment. There was lots There was lots of fun stuff, too. Hopes bird calls called up a storm of little birds, and we all told riddles to lift our spirits. When we finally got back, we had free time, dinner, and then a campfire! We made, as our hiking groups, funny ads for Cardigan, listened for owls (unfortunately, Hopes bird-calling skills were not as successful this time) and heard a story about how day and night came to be! (Obviously not true, but still entertaining. As with day 1, day 2 at Cardigan was definitely a fun one!

This is a picture of a bunch of weirdos who may or may not go to my school