Day Three at Cardigan

Red Group D2B2

By Ryan B

On the third day at Cardigan, again, I woke up, arrived at school at 7:25, and then got on the bus. When we arrived at Cardigan, let us just say it was not the best day to be outside. Rain was coming down in sheets, and we were all freezing. However, we saw a lot of cool things that day. For example, when we first got there and were sitting under the roof of the AMC lodge, we saw a Monarch Butterfly coming out of its crysillis. We sketched that.

Next, my group went on a walking trail that was similar to the one on the first day, except this one was more slippery, wet, and muddy, which made sense, because the rain was still coming down hard. Again, we saw loads of mushrooms, and we were trying to find ones that were colors we hadn’t seen before. After walking over some plank bridges, we arrived at a dam, and the water was rushing so fast, which was cool. We sketched it, but the rain made it hard to see and the rain made the ink run, which was SO frustrating. Joe threw his mitten in the water.

After walking for a while, we had lunch at the big pond, and Mary and I stood on the two rocks that were jutting out of the surface of the water. After that, we thought we were just going to sit around until the bus came, but instead Max and Mr. Woolner said there was a surprise, and led us to a HUGE, STEEP, hill. Walking up it was definitely a struggle, and my legs were very tired already, so it was a challenge indeed. After finally reaching the top, our surprise was an old car, and it was pretty cool. On our way down, we also were led to a massive ant hill, which again, was fascinating. We said goodbye to our leaders, then went on the bus back to Hopkinton.

I assigned day 3 at Cardigan Human Environment Interaction because there were many examples of this theme that day. Human Environment Interaction is how humans change the environment, like cutting down trees and recycling, that sort of thing. It was raining the whole time we were there, and heavily. Therefore, there was a lot of mud and it was quite slippery! There were planks and bridges along the trail we walked on were built (obviously by humans…) Also, because of the consistent pouring rain, we sketched less because the ink would run when the page got wet. Lastly, another example of Human Environment Interaction that day was a big rule that we had been reminded of up until this very day, and it was certainly worth knowing. Any cotton was strictly prohibited, unless you wanted to be cold and miserable all day. So, because of this, we all wore polyester, nylon, and fleece clothing so we could be somewhat dry and somewhat comfortable, (but not really… it was raining QUITE hard that day…) except for our group leader, Max, who wore a cotton shirt! In conclusion, because of these three reasons, I have assigned day 3 at Cardigan as Human Environment Interaction