Our second class trip was to the campus nature preserve, which I have alot of personal experience with. The trails span the entirety of the campus nature preserve, and, as I explained in class, have 2 loops through every section of the preserve along with crossroads. The trails are simple and undeveloped, which keeps them from being very intrusive, but also means that they are very susceptible to flooding and downed trees.
The FGCU nature preserve is an example of untouched everglades environment, and is also a great place to take a really long walk (like, over an hour). I've seen quite a few interesting animals out there, and have a few pieces of amber-wood lying around because I'm a terrible person. (Amber-wood is wood from the still-standing base of a dead tree, which is saturated with tree-sap and becomes hard and flammable, making it good for use as tools, weapons, or firewood) There are boars, deer, and coyotes out there, though many lame people will deny this.
I learned a few things about the stuff out there that I didn't know already, like that the fire that I've always noticed near the dorms actually happened in 2003, and that the burnt wood has just stayed there for this long. I wonder why it hasn't fallen apart yet...
I'm so incredibly sick right now that I can write no more. I'll probably come back to this when I feel better...
In the meantime, have ponies interpreting what the class will be like after I come in sick anyway:
Those ponies!
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