DAY 3

I woke up again today at about 5:30 and went on another hike. This time I followed the trail that Tim took us on yesterday. On the hike I was able to see the fog lift off the lake, which made for a very beautiful scene. On my walk back to camp I ran into Dave and we decided to go to the dock and play a game of checkers. The game was very interesting as there were very few pieces so we used sticks and bark as pieces. The game was a stalemate.

After breakfast we had a very informative lecture by Beth and Karl about Hubbert’s Peak Oil concept, and the consequences of when our oil spigot gets turned off. I disagree that it will be an instantaneous thing that happens, understanding that there will be pockets were it is hard to come by stuff at times. I do believe in Supply and Demand Economics and believe as Supply starts going down and demand rises the elasticity will not change and the price will go up thus reducing demand as people will not be able to consume as much. This will then create more lucrative opportunities for alternative fuel ideas and ingenuity will be our salvation that gets us off the fossil fuel addiction.

Following the lecture / discussion we took a boat back to Antlers and drove our cars to Black Mountain for a hike. The hike took a great deal of effort climbing up rocks and steep inclines but it was well worth it when we reached the top. The view was magnificent and we enjoyed out lunch sitting atop on the rocks.

When we got down the mountain we walked over to the Bog and met Ed our licensed tour guide who took us on our walk. A bog is a bunch of moss sitting on top of water that you can walk on. Underneath the bog are preserved "things" that fell into the bog and never were able to get out. While in the bog we ate wild white berries nicknamed forest tic tacs, and blueberries. We also made bird sounds and heard a thrush and other birds but were unable to see any birds.

We drove home and we were all tired and took the boat back to Huntington Camp. On the boat ride we were lucky enough to see a Loon with her baby swimming in the water.

Today while talking to Beth I figured out something I might want to do my thesis on, Why schools should have solar panels on all there roofs. Pretty catchy....

That is all for now as I am pooped from all the walking and hiking today.