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On
the way to Hartwick pines I sat with my grandma and my best friend
Mackenzie. When we got to Hartwick Pines we ate our lunch. When I was
finished with my food I played on the playset. Finally we got to where
we could go on the trails. Our tour guide was Dale. She was nice. We
learned about wild animals that live there. We also learned about Red
Pines. We saw this huge tree called the Monarch tree. Then on our way
back we saw a man that thought he was in the 1880's. He was just an
actor though. Then we met a guy named Rob. He showed us how it would be
like when you lived as a lumberman. Hartwick pines is a good
place to have fun,. ~Rhianan |
Friday, May 2, our class went to Hartwick Pines. It was a two hour bus
ride. When we got there our tourest was named Dale. As were walking
there was a man that thought he was in the 1812. Then we figured out how
to tell a red pine from a white pine. If the bundel has 3 needles it is
a red pine. If it has 5 it is a white pine. My favorite thing was the
animal skins. We went to a lumbermen camp. It was a museum. Our tour man
for that was Rob. After we were done with that we all went to McDonalds.
I played DS all the way home.
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We learned about animals,
nature, lumbermen back in the days. Our forest guide was Dale. We
learned that a white pine has five needles in a bunch and a red
pine has two in a bunch. We learned more about trees. At the end we
played a game called skins and skulls. I had fun at Hartwick Pines. ~Miah
We got to see where a forest
fire was. Hartwick Pines is in Grayling. We took a hike on a trail. We
saw wood peckers, owls and animal skins. After the hike we went in the
buildings. I learned a lot there. Then we went to the visitor center and
played a game called "skins and Skulls". They gave you a skin or skull
and you had to guess what it was. Hartwick Pines is a preserved place.
We went for a field trip. ~Ashley |
When we got there we met in
the museum. Then our forest tour guide Dale came and took us out side.
First we stopped and she talked about the trees. One of the trees she
talked about was split in half by lightening. It was cool. When we were
walking on the nature trail we went past a chapel. It was awesome. A
chapel is a really small church on top of a hill. After we went to the a
logging camp. Inside the logging camp there were bonk beds, tubs, They
had only two tubs in the logging camp. one for your clothes and the
second for them to clean themselves in. It was gross because they only
got to clean themselves once every two weeks. I learned they had to
share a bonk with a bonk buddie sometimes you needed to share with two
buddies. That would be three people in a bed. Hartwick Pines was a good
place to be. ~Jessica |
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We saw a tree that got struck
by lightning. Dale showed us two birds. They were an owl and a
woodpecker. Then we saw the monarch tree. It use to be 180 feet tall.
She showed us a Pine martin too. Later she showed us a Red Fox and a
Skunk. Then we went to a lumber camp and saw a bunch of equipment. ~Trever |
In the forest we saw an old
tree. It was about 110 years old. We saw white pines and red pines in
the forest. Some animals popped out. There were red squirrels
everywhere. We also went to a lumbermen camp. There was a guy and he
told us that lumber men made a dollar a day. They also wash their
clothes and take a bath every two weeks. Then we went to McDonalds and
ate dinner. I had fun at Hartwick Pines. ~Keegan |
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It took one hour and 30
minutes to get there. Taya and I played our DS. When we got there we
went on a bridge. We went on the trail. A lot of the trees fell down.
When we were done walking we played a game called skins and skulls. My
favorite one was the wolf skull and the wolf skin. After the game we
went to the gift shop. I got a necklace, a book and a bag of rocks. When
we got back to school we all got a baby pine tree. I had fun at Hartwick
pines. ~Courtney M. |
When we got there we went to
the picnic and ate lunch. After lunch we got back on the bus and went to
the visitors center. There our tour guide Dale took us on a tour. We saw
the monarch tree. Monarch means King. One part of the forest was 120
years old and the other part was 332 years old. At the logging
museum there were displays of a kitchen, general store, and sleeping
quarters. When we got back we did a skins and skulls activity. Then we
went to the gift shop. We got back to school around 6:00. ~Spencer |
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We saw owls. The owls were
cool. At the end we played a game called Name that Animal. Then we went
to the gift shop. I got a squirrel puppet and a heart rock for Mother's
Day. We got to see red pine trees and white pine trees. White pine trees
have five needles per bundle. Red pines have two needles each bundle.
~Logan M. |
We took a walk through the
woods. There was someone guiding us through the woods. A person talked
about how the lumber men lived in the old days. The we went to skins and
sculls. It was a game where you had to guess what was in your hand. My
favorite part was the lumber museum. It was cool to see what
lumber men used to sleep in. ~Ethan |
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34 of us went on
the trip. There were a lot of animals there. I learned about
lumbermen. Hartwick Pines was the best field trip ever. ~Brandin
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