Monday: Preparing for the TripOn Monday we worked on our group blog as well as our houses in Google Sketchup. The designs of our houses are coming along very nicely. Soon they'll be looking pretty fly. We also went in the building for liberal arts with Lamessa to learn about what we'll be doing tomorrow. He told us that as we walk through the park to study our surroundings and see the different type of geography there is.
Tuesday: Wissahickon Park, Day OneTuesday was the first day that we went to the Wissahickon Park and it was pretty fun. Kevin (our guide from Friends Of The Wissahickon) came and led us down the path of the park that ran along Lincoln Drive. We walked all the way down until we got to Forbidden Drive and turned around to head back. Once we stopped at the Drive (Forbidden) we learned about the Ten Box Shelter. It used to be a stop for travellers walking along the park's trails. Built in 1940, by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this shelter served as a guard station also providing travellers with restrooms and concession stands. Ten Box got its name a long time ago as well. Park guards used to use a telephone line that ran along Forbidden Drive. The line consisted of ten locked phone boxes, with the tenth one being at this shelter. The line is gone, but the name "Ten Box" still exists for this local landmark.
Wednesday: When the Levees BrokeOn Wednesday we watched the movie When The Levees Broke, a movie directed by Spike Lee. The movie was a documentary on the experiences of New Orleans natives before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina. It was a very emotional movie, not to mention very long. We didn't even finish half of the movie and we watched it for about 2 hours! After watching a portion of the movie, Laura told us about a group of kids in Brooklyn who created a website and a game about a girl during the storm trying to find her mother, called Tempest In Crescent City. We found it to be a pretty fun game, not to mention informational. Through every level it gave tidbits of information of what was happening during the week of the storm. If you want to learn more about theses kids from Brooklyn, their cause, or even play their game, then click here to go to their website: http://tempestincrescentcity.ning.com/
Thursday: Wissahickon Park, Day TwoOn Thursday, Day Two of our Wissachickon trip, we went the direction opposite from the trail we took on Tuesday. We went up along Kelly Drive until we got to the East Falls Bridge, and then turned around to head back. Because this part of the park isn't a forest like the path along Lincoln Drive, there was barely any erosion along this path, fortunately. Erosion is the condition in which the Earth's surface is worn away by water and wind. Erosion wears away the ground and soil, killing the vegetation surrounding it. One job of the Friends Of The Wissahickon is to reduce the amount of erosion that happens in the park.
Friday: Chill Time Today we just relaxed in the computer room. With the eventful week that we had, is was good to be able to rest for once!
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