Hiking

The project I am on is not very in depth, so this morning was not very eventful. We worked on our poster majority of the morning, later we went into the forest to collect our last few data points for our control areas.
After lunch, Mo and I decided to go on a hike since we have extra time. The hike we did was about seven or eight miles through the rain forest. I was a lot of fun! Mo has never had an outdoor experience, this was his first time hiking so it was great to be able to take him out there. I hope he keeps an interest in outdoor recreation, it is such a great way for people to understand why our environment and natural systems are important when they can connect with it personally.
While we were hiking we came across coatis, it was so amazing to see an animal that you only see in zoos in its natural habitat. We also saw a long black snake in the river and various types of insects. At one point on the trail, we rounded a corner and found that a large tree had fallen and it was so big that it blocked where the trail continued on. We had to climb up into the canopy, luckily it did not have any leaves on it, then we climbed down the length of the tree. The trail was right underneath it, so we had to walk to the base of the tree and jump down onto the trail. Overall, today was very laid back and a fun day.