Thursday, July 28, 2011

Stella's Thoughts on the Wetlands

Giacomini Wetlands

Monday was the first day of LEAF and we all met each other in a peaceful morning circle. After we all met each other we all got into our car and drove to the wetlands. We took a small hike with a special guest biologist Ann Brown. Ann showed us all types of different plants and animals. We got into are cars again and drove off to the old Giacomini Dairy Barn, we met the Davidson kids there and observed the nature. We found lots of bugs and notified all the plants. We ate lunch with everyone and had a good time talking. We took off in our cars back to the wetlands and met the kayaking instructors. We learned their names and they taught us how to paddle and got us all suited up and got in our boats and paddled away. Everyone was really excited. The way there was or felt really long we took a lot of breaks. We finally got to the little island and took a break and talked. After we were all rested and feed we got back into our kayaks and paddled back. The ay back it felt a lot shorter. We got pulled onto the land again and all jumped out of the boats and we were all really tired. In the car ride back people were really quiet and all exhausted. We came to PHS and did a really mellow closing circle. After that we got picked up and went home, and all said good bye! And till the very next day we would have a good time!

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