“Happy first day of
Halloween!”
I recently became the student coordinator for the College Outdoors Fall Break Trip to Opal Creek. Which means that next weekend I get to go back to the beautiful Opal Creek Wilderness and spend time hiking, playing games, identifying plants, and exploring one of Oregon’s old growth forests. We had our pre-trip meeting last Thursday and I’m counting down the days until it starts. My New Student Trip was there and I can’t wait to go back.
Not everyone is quite as excited about the season as the person
quoted above, but fall has begun and Lewis and Clark students are celebrating
in various ways (most of them involving free food).
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| The grill works! |
Oktoberfest
Yesterday (Saturday) L&C’s German Club celebrated
Oktoberfest outside of Tamarack (Forest Hall’s lounge). While it lacked the alcohol typically
associated with Oktoberfest; everyone present had fun with attempting to get
the grill to light, the sausage roast (once the grill was in working order),
and the lively conversation between friends.
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| Pumpkin painting at the Harvest Festival |
Sports
While I wasn’t able to attend myself, many students were
able to support our teams during the football, volleyball, and soccer games
this weekend.
Forest Hall Harvest Festival
Today outside of Tamarack there are many happy Lewis &
Clark students painting pumpkins, roasting s’mores, eating pie, drinking apple
cider, and making fall decorations. I
now have my own (slightly crooked) pumpkin decorating my bookshelf.
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| My junior jack-o'-lantern |
What I’ve Been Doing
In addition to the two festivals above I have managed to do
a few other things this week.
My team for Biology 141 (Explorations in Ecology and the
Environmental Science) is studying the effects ivy has on the behavior of
birds. It is rather early in the study
so we don’t have much information yet, but it has been quite enjoyable just
sitting in the woods listening to the birds and taking a break.
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| Opal Creek |
I recently became the student coordinator for the College Outdoors Fall Break Trip to Opal Creek. Which means that next weekend I get to go back to the beautiful Opal Creek Wilderness and spend time hiking, playing games, identifying plants, and exploring one of Oregon’s old growth forests. We had our pre-trip meeting last Thursday and I’m counting down the days until it starts. My New Student Trip was there and I can’t wait to go back.
If you have any questions feel free to send me an email at ameliaberle@lclark.edu