Movement of Day 2

by Paige O.

Yellow Group

September 27, 2018

On day 2, we hiked Cardigan Mountain, and were planning to hike to Firescrew, too, but then decided that we didn't have enough time. On our way up, we stopped by a bridge and found a little pool of water where foam-like stuff was gathering. We threw rocks into the pool and the foam broke apart. On the summit, we found dark scratches in the rock surface. It was from a glacier, centuries ago. The glaciers collected rocks as they moved, and the rocks scratched the rock underneath. Glaciers sliding can be an example of movement. Movement is the motion of an idea/religion, thing, people, or group. When the glaciers moved, it left evidence of it being there. After a few minutes on Cardigan summit, we hiked back down, back past the old hut on the mountain slope. Once we go back, we had a campfire outside and made up skits with our hiking groups before bed. We ended up hiking about 2.7 miles (gray track) on the way back from cardigan, and around 3 miles (black track) on the way to the summit.

The first image is a basic sketch of Cardigan and Firescrew from a nearby peak. The second image is the carving that was at the top of Cardigan near the firetower. The third image is of a plant we found that looked like it had almost lizard-like leaves.

We were at the AMC Cardigan Lodge for three days, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.