Adirondacks

Today was a long day filled with lots learning and a wonderful hike. The weather was perfect and it was a good way to end the semester. We traveled a couple hours north to see the Adirondack Museum, which was filled with tons of interesting exhibits to see I enjoyed the first room we went into and seeing all of the boats. I thought it was cool that there was a workshop in the museum room. I learned a lot of what people would do with boats that I didn’t know about before. I was unaware that boat races were popular or that mail was delivered by boat. Another thing that interested me was their diet, as it does everywhere we go. Loggers mostly ate salted pork, baked beans and bread. Mostly what I would consider hearty comfort food, or something I would eat for Sunday dinner. Outdoor activities were popular in the Adirondacks. Skiing, snowboarding and ice-skating were particularly common winter sports. My favorite part of the day was definitely the hike and I’m glad we ended our last adventure with something fun. I loved hiking this semester because you never knew exactly what was going to be at the end of your destination and it was always something beautiful. The view was extraordinary today and the steep hills we had to climb to get there was definitely worth it in the long run. The walk back down the hills were actually not as bad as I envisioned, and there were no serious injuries which is always a good thing.