We went on a fieldtrip today! We took a bus to this place
that was about forty five minutes outside of Birmingham. The trail wasn’t bad
until we tried to get to this waterfall. It was so scary, like a couple of
times I thought I was going to die. I had to keep holding on to trees to keep
from falling over. Parts of the trail that probably should’ve had I tried to
keep my eyes out for bugs on the way to this waterfall but I didn’t find any. Anyways, we finally reached the waterfall and
it was really cool! There were icicles on the edge of the fall that looked like
they could stab and kill a man if they fell. There was ice on the rocks and surrounding
the entire bottom of the falls. There was also graffiti on the cave part of the
waterfall. I didn’t understand why someone would vandalize this beautiful
landscape is beyond me. We explored around while trying not to fall to our
deaths into the icy cold water. There weren’t any bugs though. There were a lot
of rocks and ice. So we hung out by the waterfall for like fifteen minutes then
decided to head back. On the way back there were galls galore! I think the ones
I found were Goldenrod Galls. I haven’t opened them yet, but I think I’m going
to find two different kinds of insects inside. One is a lot bigger than the
other. I also found a praying mantis egg case that was stuck on a pine
tree. I couldn’t use it for my collection
because it’s from the same species as the one I already had. Overall it was so
much fun and I would totally go back during the summer when the weather is nice
and there isn’t ice everywhere!
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