September 23, 1975

I am 12.

Tuesday: We all woke up about 45 min. early today so we had a long time to do nothing except to get ready for inspection, and boy did we get ready! For breakfast I had Frosted Flakes, toast, milk and orange juice. After breakfast we had inspection, and I was surprised to hear that the boys bunk was cleaner than the girls. After inspection we went on a 135 mile field trip to see different places. The first place was a lumber mill where Mr. Brown was telling us about trees. He told us about how much different trees are worth, about how trees are sawed and other things. After that we drove about 10 min. and then we came to Pohagen state park [Pokagon] where Mr. Brown led us into the forest and told us about how people are ruining the environment and how to use land properly. After that we went to Pigeon Creek Reserve where Mr. Brown told us about the laws of hunting and other things about hunting. We also saw the fetuses of deer in bottles, there were about 8 bottles. After that we went to the fish hatchery where trout were being hatched and fed the trout. When we looked in the fish tanks there must have been 300 fish in each tank. But before that we went to see the buffalo but we didn't get to see them much. We then went to Tawn Hatchery but all we saw were 2 ponds. At the dairy farm to see the cows being milked and see the newborn calves.

location: camp High Hope, Fremont, Indiana