Day Three- Final Adventures at Cardigan Mountain
By ME
September 27th, 2022
Last Updated December 9, 2022
On the third and final day at Cardigan, we enjoyed our last day at the lodge. That morning we had a delicious breakfast of muffins, scrambled eggs, and bacon, before being sent upstairs to pack up our bunkrooms. Our last two hikes for the day were a compass course and a nature hike. On the compass course, we learned about how to use a compass for map reading as well as how to navigate the woods. We used clues given to us to find objects and certain trees in the forest near the lodge. At the end, we saw an old metal car that was once used to power an old ski lift on the ski slope we had hiked up. When we finished the compass course and returned the supplies to the lodge, we went for our last hike. It was a little loop in the woods that was being paved for accessibility called Nature Loop. While we walked we learned about Eskres, long narrow hills carved by glaciers, and so many plants. We also sang songs and told horror stories while we walked. We stopped to sketch just before we left the trail to eat lunch on the back deck of the lodge. It was nice out, and we heard WWII stories and played a ridiculous game of mafia while we ate our sandwiches. In the end though, we had to turn in our emergency whistles and get on the bus, to come back.
Movement- The way ideas and people move around the world.
One of the things that we learned about on day 3 at Cardigan was Movement, how ideas and people move across the earth. There are many examples of this, how ideas and people come from Cardigan and the surrounding area move as well as how people, animals, trees, even food, come from all over to Cardigan Mountain. This includes, THe gear we used there, all of the gear used by hikers comes from other places, other countries, as well as the people! We, the students of HMHS are a perfect example of that, we came from Hopkinton, and came to Cardigan. Another thing that came from far off, from Europe in fact, is a tree called Scotch Pine. The Scotch pine came from Europe and was brought over as a christmas tree, but was found extremely invasive, and now lives in most of New England. Ideas, like recipes, can also travel with humans. Some examples of this include the spaghetti and italian style sauce served with it. Another recipe that came from another country is the sausage. Sausage comes from ancient civilizations and has been used in hundreds of cultures since then. We also ate baked potatoes, which come from South America. All of these students left with knowlage, from Cardigan. There are hundreds of things that come to and from Cardigan, and these are just a few.
