Blog Entry#10

                                          "Wonder Trails"

I thought the Echo field trip was interesting but I was wrong. The campus hike which was our “on campus field trip” definitely topped every other one. I won’t lie I was scared to walk through the nature preserve because the grass was very high. I know that may sound dumb but I was terrified my skin would have an allergic reaction to the itchy grass. Other than that seeing the other student’s reaction to the nature preserve was too funny. I think once everyone got passed the fact that we were going to walk through a lot of tall grass, the field trip was even better.

            There was so much to learn from snails to an assorted array of wild flowers. I liked that the nature preserve had so many different areas to walk through. At one point when we finished walking through the tall grass we were in a forest area. It is amazing how fast the zones changed. It felt as if we were at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, it is nice to experience that again on campus.

            Memorable moments from the on-campus fieldtrip were the paths of the nature walk. I thought that there was one narrow and straight path that goes through the nature preserve. There are so many adventures that could happen depending on what path you take.  When the nature walk ended I missed the shade that was given from the trees. It was peaceful in the preserve compared to the sidewalks of the school. If I have more free time, I would definitely go out there again and enjoy what nature has to bring.