By Grace H.
Yellow Group (Day 2, Block 2)September 28, 2018
On day 3 of Cardigan, my bunk had to be woken up by a teacher, because we slept right until it was time to wake up. It was french toast for breakfast. My group got right going on the hike when we met up. We decided to hike to the Welton Falls. It was beautiful, there was a small cave that you could go into and get an awesome view of the falls. This location is where we ate our lunch. On the way back down to the lodge, we had to take a detour for a bathroom break. We went to an AMC house in the middle of the woods. It was actually really cool. There were a million bunk beds in this tiny house. There were triple bunks! When we got back, we packed everything up into the trailer and the field hockey team got ready for our game. Then, we loaded into the bus and headed for home. New Hampshire is a mountainous region. Alexandria contains such mountains. Mount Cardigan, Firescrew, etc. In New Hampshire as a total, there is Mount Washington, Loon Mountain, Mount Pierce, Mount Lincoln, etc. The mountain itself is broken up into 3 different regions: The Boreal Zone, the Alpine Tundra, and the Hardwood Zone. The boreal zone is usually located roughly between the latitude 50 degrees and 70 degrees North. These forests are also known well as the Taiga. They consist mainly of pines and spruces. The Alpine Tundra contains few to no trees because of the high altitude. The chilly weather makes it extremely difficult for trees to grow. Snow and ice often stay throughout all seasons including Summer. The Hardwood Zone is the first layer of the mountain. Meaning it is located around the bottom of the mountain. Generally, there are more hardwoods in this region. On the 3rd day, we hiked primarily within the Welton Falls State Forest Region, and perhaps even stepped into the AMC Cardigan Reservation region. Something that I find quite mind boggling is how small a region could be and how big it could be. For example, Cardigan Mountain is in a region as small as the Cardigan Mountain State Forest and as big as the Northern Hemisphere. It could go on as far as the whole universe. I thought that was a really interesting way to think of regions.
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