Today, we started by getting on the bus for about a 30 minute ride to the Craighurst forest. When we got there we had a short hike to the first plot of trees. We had a general place to meet, but it wasn't long before we split up with our partners to go on the quest of finding our 10cmX10cm plot of land. We were all responsible for measuring the trees within our area in order to figure out how much our plot would be worth dollar wise.
When the first plot was finished we gathered back together and learned how to core a tree. Shortly after that we began to walk again. We ended up at an area where all the trees were so close to one another that they touched. We had to estimate a 10cmX10cm plot again, but this time we had to weasel through the tight spaces of branches inter twining in every direction. The lack of space made it very hard to determine the number of trees with in the area.
Later we heard the stories that Simms and Ruzylo had about their years spent tree planting. We learned a lot about their working conditions, pay, and overall opinions of the job.
When we got back to school we had a lunch break. During 4th we continued planning our strategies for selling retro North gear. We spent 5th period working on our lab reports, and dividing up the work for it.
Thought the weather has had a drop in temperature over the past few days, we were able to stick out our cold hands and feet and have an overall good day! 21 MORE DAYS TILL COSTA RICA!
Alexa Bettcher
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