On day three at Mount Cardigan it was very rainy. Our group met up, sketched by the lodge and set off on the nature walk trail. There, we saw rapids, hemlocks, and tons and tons of mushrooms. Our group then had lunch by a (or the) pond. After sketching a big leaf, we set off again, going away from the nature trail that we had finished. It had not been long before our group reached a big, steep hill off the side of the trail that we were supposed to go on. The climb up seemed to go on forever. Finally reaching the very top of the hill, we saw the item that Max had been leading us to. It was an old abandoned car (with an emphasis on old) thats engine had been used to power a lift, giving skiers a ride up the hill for them to ski down. By the time we got to the bottom of the hill again, it was already time to go, everybody leaving early that day. After our final goodbyes to Max, the session two Cardigan group got on the bus and left.
The Theme of Human/Environment Interaction
For my day three geography! theme, I chose human/environment interaction. There are multiple reasons why I decided on this. One is about the nature walk. The one thing about the nature walk that has human/environment interaction in it (besides the trail part) is the bridges for the muddy and sometimes puddly spots on it. These bridges were made from trees which were presumably cut down and placed by humans, unless I am mistaken. Another reason for this theme is the ancient car at the top of one hill that I already talked about. It was driven up there (by humans) and still rests there tpday. The ski slope that it rests upon was also made by humans, people cutting down the trees on it. Finally, one big reason for the human/environment interaction theme is the huge lodge at the base of Cardigan and Firescrew. Next to that lodge is a small amount of massive solar panels used to give electricity to the people in the lodge. These are the reasons that I chose human/environment interaction as my geography! theme.