Day 2

September 24

by: Liam B

Region at Cardigan

Blue group

Day 2 Day 2, the longest and most tedious day brought to us the challenge of Mount Firescrew and Mount Cardigan both ranging over 3,150 feet above sea level. We all started the day groggy and some practically still asleep. But soon came to our consensus and started the day.we began to climb the mountain on what was merely a walk but soon turned into a somewhat incline. We mostly sensed large maples, beech, and spots of pine and hemlock around us. We also saw many baby ferns growing without care and invading the space of other neighboring trees. The more we climbed though the rocky it got. For now though we were only in the hardwood zone. After less than an hour so of hiking we came upon a gradual change in the landscape it was more steep, more rocky and had more hemlock and pine trees. What was obvious though was the great incline in birch trees we saw. This was the borial zone. After hiking through the borial zone for about an hour we began to come across large rock faces and smaller trees.this pattern lead to the alpine zone this was the top and this is what we were all here to see, the view. (Aside from the learning.) And it was incredible and the blanket of lush green mountains seemed almost never ending, it hid along the horizon. We went back to the lodge and after a day's worth of weaving ourselves in and out the regions of the mountain we were reluctant to taking a long rest. (This is an example of regions because it talks about our adventure through the different zones. These zone are particularly described making them unique- making them a region.) Cardigan mountain was also part of a larger region. This becomes clear if we zoom out and look at a bigger scale. Cardigan mountain is part of a larger chain of mountains that are ranged from mid New Hampshire to north New Hampshire- The White Mountains. The abundance of mountains ranging from 2000-6000 ft. including Cardigan creates the White Mountains The White Mountains are part of a bigger region, the Apalachian Mountains. The Apalachian Mountains are a gruop of mountains such as Cardigan ranging from Maine to Georgia. There is also a trail that runs alon side the Apalachian Mountains. so in conclusion maybe we could say that there is always a bigger region in the galaxy. because we can always get bigger. this also leads to part to whole: there are always going to be smaller things or parts that make up a whole.