On Day 3 we found some Region worthy topics. first we went to a dam keeping back a stream. That day we also saw the Atkins farm cellar well, at one point they planted a whole bunch of spruces for harvest. They never got to harvest them so they are still down there and just about the only type of tree on that part of the hill. The lodge is run by a bunch of solar panels on a hill next to the lodge. We also found a fort near the river that was used to store supplies. We went a bit down the river and made our own fort, The Bad Beeches fort of mt. Cardigan. We just hoped that the next group was not going to break it. On the way back our group leader told us really cheesy jokes and riddles. We went up the ski trail coming back. It gave us no mercy as we climbed up 70% up hill. The hill was covered in ferns that went up to your thighs. When we got up there we saw an old car that was used to run the ski lift. it is abandoned now, rusty with the doors falling off and hood wide open.
On the 3 day of cardigan we saw some physical geography . That day we learnt about the levels of trees as the elevation grew, like how you see hemlocks and spruces at the top of tall mountains, also called conifers. Then both evergreens and not below that point. The Atkinsons spruce trees are both physical and cultural geography. We saw the spruce cones torn to pieces by squirrels (called Middens). We talked about how forests need diversity. For example if a spruce disease comes through the forest and the forest is only spruce then there would be no more trees there. But if there were more types of trees only some would have died. I guess that concludes my day three.