Prior to our Wet Walk field trip, I
was definitely feeling apprehensive to the idea of having to potentially ruin
some of my clothes and walk in waist-high murky water. However, having now
participated in it, I can definitely say that the trip was an extremely
enjoyable experience. It was fun getting to hang out with some of my fellow
classmates and spend some much-needed time in a natural environment. As my life
recently has been a whole lot of driving and looking at computer screens, it
was liberating to literally jump into the deep end of a natural environment
which shows me a part of the university campus I might not have seen otherwise.
In fact, I and another student enjoyed it so much that we actually sat down in
the water while we were waiting at the fork in the trail toward the end. I always
have enjoyed engaging with nature directly but rarely get the opportunity to,
living in a suburb, so I may just be visiting this trail again in the near
future!