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On may 11^th we went to Hartwick Pines. At Hartwick Pines we walked down the trail and learned that if you step in the soil or touch a tree to much it could die. We also learned how lumberjacks worked, slept, ate. The forest tour person was Dale.The logger was Mr. London. And the skins and stones person was Craig. Elijah screamed when he took of his blindfold and saw the snake. Daneille was afraid to touch a skunk fur. Then we went to the gift shop. Then we went to Mcdonalds and ate. then we went home.  …A.F.

  Two weeks ago we went to Hartwick Pines. At Hartwick  Pines we went on a hike. On the trails we talked about three different kinds of woods. We also talked about animals and there habitat. We talked about different trees and how to identify them. They told use how to find out if it is a red pine or a white pine. You can tell how to tell if it is a white pine because a white pine has five needles per a bundle and the word white has five letters. You can tell if it is a red pine because it has two needles per a bundle. Hartwick Pines was really fun.  … Megan S

Friday May 11 the forth grade went to Hartwick Pines. It was a two hour bus ride I listened to my CD player. I sat with Russell Smith on the way there. The first thing we did was the forest tour our tour guide was Dale. It changed time from 2007 to 1855 we made meat Craig a fake land looker. The forest tour was an hour. The we went to where the lumber jacks stayed. We pertendid where were lumber jacks. Usually the lumber jacks got one bath every two weeks. The tallest tree we say was about one hundred + tall. Before we went home we played a game called skins and skills it is where you get blind folded and Crag put something in you hands and you had what was in your hands I got a turtle shell but if you didn’t  now if you  what it was he would give you a hint. On the way back we stoped at McDonalds. It was a two hour ride back home.   …Andrew C.

     On Friday the 11^th my class went to Hartwick Pines for a class trip. The person who took us on the trail is a lady named Dale. She took us and showed us different kinds of trees. Then she took us to a guy named Mr. London. He told us about life as a lumberjack in 1856. He showed us what the cook shany looked like. Then he showed us what the bunkhouse looked like. Then he told us about each 2 weeks we got to take a bath and clean our clothes. Then he told us some tall tails. I think some of us believed them. Then we went back to the start of the trail and played skins and skulls. This game is played by covering your eyes with a blindfold and Craig would put something in your hands and you had to guess it. On the way home we stopped at McDonalds and ate. The day was so fun. …jarett

          This year the fourth graders went to Hartwick Pines on Friday, May 11^th. A tree is over 100 feet long.  We had to stay on the trail because so we wont step on the flowers on the grow. It was a long walk to sit down and we got to the pleas to sit down. Mr. London told us about the bunk bed they had to  sleep in the bed.    ….Hailey K.

          On Fri, May 11^th the forth grade went to Hartwick Pines. The bus ride was about 2 hours long. My friends and I where doing peace to cars behind the bus. When we got there we went to a big museum there was 2 BIG saws when you spun a wheel the saws would move. After that we walked about 2 hours.   …J. (no other name)

 On Friday May 11^th,2007 the fourth graders went to Hartwick Pines. It took about two hours to get to Hartwick Pines. The first thing we did when we got there we went on a forest tour. Dale was the leader for the forest tour. On the forest tour Dale told us about trees and the forest. Dale told us about a tree that was over a hundred years old. There were hard wood forest and some others. We saw a lot of red squirrels and we saw some chipmunks. We met up with a guy that was off the trails so dale had to go and see what he was doing. He said he was a land looker. He thought he was from the 1850’s. It was a lot of fun.  …..Caitlin Z. 

Last Friday, May 11, we went to Hartwick Pines. We went to the visitors center and met our first guide named Dale. She took us through different kinds of forests. There were trees over 100 feet tall! We also saw a man that was soposebly from the 1800s’.Then we met Mr. London (our second guide). He talked to us about lumbering. After that we did a skins and skulls activity with Craig. He would pick someone to come up and animal skin or skull he gave them.Then we went to the gift shop.I had a lot of fun at Hartwick pines.  …louise