Nature and Outdoor Writing

This semester, I am absolutely obsessed with all my classes. As you can see under my schedule tab, I have a lot going on, and all of my classes are MJD, which I love! But my Nature and Outdoor writing class is extremely fun, and I will tell you why!
We talk about a bunch of things in this class that are really interesting, it is almost a mix between a writing class, nature class, and some journalism sprinkled in there. We have a book that breaks down the months in New England and talks about the plants and animals that you would see during those times. To take advantage of the good weather that we have and also to really be able to check out the outdoors around us, my class went to Local Motion in Burlington by the waterfront to learn about their initiatives to improve biking ability in the area, but also to rent out some bikes so that we could ride along the waterfront.

The class and our bikes overlooking the water around us

My friend McKenna and I started off on the tandem bike, which was a lot more difficult than it seems! I was on the front at first, which handles almost everything, steering, pace, and most importantly, making sure that we don't fall over! Which I thought was surely going to happen! We rode for about 2 hours and it was amazing!
 We also went to the Woodside Loop, a walking trail around our North Campus. We were out to spot different animals and plants that were in our book, and it went pretty successfully!

The beginning of the Woodside Loop

Our class looking at the different birds and trees

This class has been one of my favorites because we get to go out of the classroom and try to spot birds or frogs, it almost makes me like a kid again!