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I hope that my blog about Colloquium might enlighten you a little bit about my personal experiences in this class. I will be adding to it from week to week as the semester progresses. I think that the blog will turn out to be a resourceful tool for me to use to monitor my own adventure from another persons perspective as I come bck to read it from time to time. Enjoy!

Thursday, September 16, 2010

SWAMP ROMP on the Campus Trails

        We went to Corkscrew Swamp Santuary on 9/7/10.  It was a nice trip, but very hot. I was a little disappointed and I guess I need to tour the entire trail to know what I missed.   Then again I don't think that will matter since we walked through the swamp on campus this past week.  

        I was so afraid of this trip and had myself  convinced it was going to be the worst and the scariest thing I have ever done.  I loved it! I so totally loved it.  It was awesome and I can not wait to take my 8 year old on a trip to a swamp.  I won't walk him through it but I want him to see it as it really is and not how the movies portray it, to appreciate the beauty and the calm of the it. 

        I couldnt help but to reflect on the readings from The Land Remembered. I tried to vision it as I was reading but had no idea what the book was talking about.  I could see the MacIvey's trying to brave the terrain on a cart with an ox.  I found it hard to believe any animal that didn't find shelter in the wetlands and swamp could be convinced to go into it.  I wish I thought to bring my camera with me. Maybe next trip!

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