Wednesday June 8th, 2016
Sunny
6:30-8:30 AM and 2:30-3:30

Because we couldn't sleep last night Ashleigh and I decided to go on an erratic hunt this morning before our test. We started out with the easier erratic, the Ravenna Park erratic. It wasn't hard at all to find mainly because we've seen it before and it's at my site. The erratic was sitting in the water and had moss growing on the side that was facing the stream. The other side of the erratic didn't have moss from what I could tell. I predict that's because it's right up against the bridge which means it sees a lot of human interaction and disturbance.

From there we went to the Wedgwood Rock which was massive. Because it was surrounded by trees and shrubs the erratic was covered in droppings from the surrounding species. Because the erratic was in the shade it also had moss growing on it.

After Wedgwood rock we hit a snag (metaphorically) when we couldn't locate the Thornton Creek erratic. We spent about an hour "exploring" (getting lost) in the patch of woods surrounding Thornton Creek. After almost giving up and going back to the car we saw a trail (right next to the entrance way, I might add). We ventured down the trail about 6 meters to find that the erratic had been under our noses the whole time. You can tell by the photo I was not amused by the amount of spider webs I had to walk through to find it.

We were about to go home and finish studying when we realized there was one more erratic in Wedgwood. Following the theme of the day, we got lost. Apparently Wedgwood Park and Wedgwood Square Park are two different things. I started to see why this assignment was called an "erratic hunt." I was expecting the erratic to be smaller than the other ones we had found today based on the picture, but apparently I am of similar size to the toddler in the picture. 

For our last rock I was under the impression that we were going to North Seattle, but of course I was wrong. We were headed to Bothel to see the Cascadia College erratic. This rock actually had a really cool story jam packed with environmental responsibility and activism. To preserve the natural history of the area, students at the college conducted a sit in for the rock! The expansion and construction of new buildings would have required the rock to be destroyed. In the hopes of preserving natural history the students conducted and sit in for the erratic and won!!! It was the perfect picker-upper I needed after taking my final.