Blog Term3 Day25

My feet hurt really badly... :'( Well, my feet have this weird problem, so I have to get shoes with a wide toe area and very good arch support. I think I was born this way. It doesn't happen every day, but it used to happen quite a lot. But then, I got these awesome (and super expensive) New Balance shoes, and it has totally payed off, because my feet rarely hurt any more. But I still have to use this special shoe "mat". It is just this padding thing that has exaggerated arches. And trust me, it really helps. When I first got it, it felt really weird on the bottom of my feet, but after a while, I got used to it. I only have to wear it for my runners, which I wear most often. My feet aren't so bad that I have to wear them everywhere. For instance, I don't wear them with my slippers.

Okay, enough about my feet, I am going to talk about the most important thing for this blog. Today, we went to the Seymour Watershed! And it was sooooooooooooo much fun! We were separated into 3 groups with 3 different stations. The first station that I went to was this really cool bus ride. We went near the top of the dam and we got a good look at the surroundings. We also got to act out this demo about mountains, valleys and dams. It was really simple, but it gave a lot of information. Then, we went near the bottom of the lake, and we got a good look at the water, the colour of it, and we talked about salmons.

Next, me and my group went inside a cabin and we talked about how much water people in Metro Vancouver use per day, and then how much we use altogether. I was so shocked by the facts, that when I got back home, I took a really really short shower. It is truly amazing how much water we use and have. Then, we did this demo where we took water guns and we tried to aim for "the clouds" and then, due to precipitation, the water (if we shot it at the clouds) would fall into "the dam" and filter into "the reservoir". This activity was so much fun, and it also taught me lots. I just loved that activity, and I had so much fun! There was also competition to see which watershed could fill up quickly. (There were 3 teams because Metro Vancouver has 3 watersheds. There is the Seymour watershed, the Coquitlam and the Capilano.)

Finally, we hiked around this trail and we played this game where we had to identify different species of animals and how humans make use of them or how they help out the environment. We also got to see different trees. The coolest part about this hike was we got to eat some tree leaves because we were talking about how people could live off this land. Personally, I didn't like the taste too much. It sort of tasted like... orange peels and something else. At first, the taste was really strong, and I didn't like it, but I liked the subtle taste afterwards.

My random thought/statement of the day: Ah! I have to study for my 5 tests this week, and one of them is tomorrow!

Toddlez!