Cincinnati CATC - Wisdom - Day 3

I had to wake up at 5 in the morning to make breakfast. They had taken our cell phones when it was lights out, so I was relying on my roommate to wake me up. Her phone made a noise, but then she turned it off, so I thought someone had texted her, but deep down there was the possibility that it was the alarm. So I end up getting up late, and I get scolded by our mentor, I felt really bad because I left her to cook, but I felt better after we hugged and I apologized.

Today was our nature day, which means we get to go out and see the wild life, so I was really excited because I thought I was going to see a bear or maybe even some wolves or coyotes. Sadly we only saw white tailed deer, a lot of female and baby elks, and about hundreds of bison. Oh yeah and some hawks and eagles. We actually heard coyotes in the distance when we were looking at birds, they were howling or something like that. It was pretty cool.

Later on, we hiked up another hill (not as steep as the first one) to get to Trout Lake, it was so breath-taking, it was like something you see in a movie, and it was the perfect time of the day too, because the mountains behind it were beautifully reflected in the water. We stopped there and ate lunch, then we did an activity about bison and whether we should let them free outside of the park, or keep them inside, but we split up into groups and it was from different perspectives. I couldn’t really enjoy the time that much, since I have a killer headache, but I pushed through, and it was worth it, I’m actually proud of myself.