So
today, I had to retrace my steps for a past walking blog to see how the campus
is different at various times of the day. To do this, I chose to re-walk the route
for the blog that I wrote at 9:00 am on a Sunday morning. I thought this would
be interesting, because my walk on Sunday morning was the most calming and
least distracted walk of all that I have done, because very few college
students are out and about at 8:45 on a weekend morning.
Today
I was let out of my math recitation class early, and because I had some time to
kill, I used it to go on a walk. Instead
of it being 8:45 on a Sunday morning, it was 1:15 on a Tuesday afternoon, so it
was a much different walk. For starters, I actually saw more than 10 people.
Also, the sun was high in the sky, and it was much hotter than it was last
time. I began my walk near the Jot
Travis building like last time and headed towards Manzanita Lake. The lake was beautiful, as always, but
somehow, it wasn’t quite as peaceful and relaxing as it was the last time I
walked this path. The exciting thing about this walk though, was I remembered
to bring a camera, so I was able to get photo evidence of the things that I observed.
As
I was walking by the lake, people either eating or doing some sort of studying
surrounded every picnic table. This made me realize that people actually do
spend time enjoying the outdoors, and the only reason why I missed this last
time was because I was awake long before most of the campus.
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| Manzanita Lake |
Another thing I saw today by the lake was geese. Lots and lots of geese. They were all over the Lake and I had to walk around some on the sidewalk. I came to the conclusion that geese are just the more annoying version of a cow: they eat grass, they honk instead of moo, they poop everywhere, but they can fly all over the place, so they are really, really annoying. I even saw a goose do this really weird action when it extended one of its wings and raised its left foot at the same time. I will never understand the actions of geese.
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| The geese by the lake. |
I also was able to see a beautiful white swan. Seeing this extraordinary creature probably made my day.
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| The majestic swan! |
I continued my walk, and I saw a tree that I saw last time, but was unable to take a picture of. This time I made sure to capture the sight. It is the same kind of tree that I have in my backyard at home. I have never seen another tree like my backyard tree until I saw this tree while on my walk last Sunday. I call this tree a bean tree, because it has strange bean/seed pods hanging from it, and because I am clueless of its actual name. It is really nice to see a piece of my backyard on campus, because it reaffirms the fact that the University of Nevada, Reno is my new home.
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| The Bean Tree! |
I needed to get to my next class, Biology, on time, so I decided to finish up my walk. I went pass the quad and noticed all the students playing Frisbee on the grass and socializing in the shade of the tall trees. It was a very comforting sight, seeing all these students interacting with each other and with nature. It made me glad to notice that not one of these people were on their cell phones or laptops. They were all just enjoying the company of one another and of nature.
I
started the trek up the never-ending staircase to my next class with a happy
feeling inside and with a skip in my step.
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