September 19, 2021
The big light grey AMC lodge poked up behind the steep hill while the school bus bumped around on the dirt road. We were greeted by the AMC leaders who put us in groups and lead us in a fun animal game. We talked for a while about what happens if you get lost, and that we should follow the instructions. A little bit later we had a quick snack and we were off. We started the journey of day one with the back 80 trail loop. And stopped to sketch old rock walls, a tree with seven different trunks, and lots more. We laughed along the way about unsolvable riddles and tripped over roots and rocks. The long-winded red trials on the map pointed us in the right direction, and our heavy backpacks took over our legs with our muddy hiking boots. We also crossed a river and had to be careful because a sign had said there was an underground bees nest, but when we made it to Welton falls it was worth it. The huge cliff held an even bigger waterfall as I sat down on the slippery rock at the bottom beside the river. After a long day of hiking, we finally arrived at the bus where we said goodbye to the leaders knowing that day two would be even harder.
Day one was an example of movement, because not only did we observe and move along the trail, we saw the water and Welton falls furiously move down the rock. The bus brought us on the long one hour journey to the mountain, and we were taught that old rock walls from houses built in colonial times have fallen and broken, and slowly over time move away from from the wall.
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