My Travels

Photo Update!

Today there was nothing to be done on the experiment so I just relaxed around MSU. I slept in, watched part of Rent, then when on a nice walk around campus with my camera and my ipod (playing a Clay Aiken playlist). Here's what I saw!

First I walked around the residences near Owen (where I'm staying) to see what they're like. They are huge. I didn't go inside, but it would be nice to see what they're like. After I walked on the path behind the residences for awhile and then into the Sanford Natural Area. It's a forest which goes from the residences to the river. It's gorgeous there and they have trails all over it. Here's a picture of the incredibly tall trees. It's incredibly green, and full of trees! I love trees!!!

After the forest I decided to walk on the other side of the river and check out the campus. On my way I found this hubcap! I know it's weird to take a picture of a hubcap on the sidewalk but it really reminded me of IRC and of MAC (think Committee of the Hole). Maybe it's a sign that things will go well IRC wise this year!

After seeing the hubcap I decided to sit down and just relax by the river. This was my view. It was absolutely gorgeous and a really good place to just sit and think about things. Man, I wish MAC had a river like this, although it wouldn't be as fun to sit here in the winter I bet the trees would still be gorgeous!

Just a little past my spot on the river bank was this gorgeous building. I don't know if it was a residence or a building with classrooms, but it really reminded me of Wallingford. It made me miss MAC and all my MAC friends. This building was much bigger than Wallingford, and I have to admit that the big green field around it was very nice!

While I was wandering around I saw something moving in the grass right in front of me. It was this baby bunny! I almost kicked it or stepped on it!!! It was so adorable I just wanted to pick it up! It was quite friendly too and just sat there and let me take pictures until a car came along and it went to hide in a bush. Hopefully it's with it's mommy now. It was such a small bunny!

I kept wandering and saw some gorgeous buildings (like this one) I don't really know what's in the building, but it's pretty. I wandered around to behind the museum and tower that I visited yesterday. I took some more really pretty pictures and just sat there for awhile relaxing. It was really nice. There are so many nice spots on this campus!

Then I decided to go to Cold Stone for ice cream again. This time I got a Watermelon Sherbet with gummy bears... Delicious. Once again they scooped out way too much ice cream. This time the girl actually had to put it in a bigger cup because it wouldn't fit in the small one! When I was eating my ice cream I saw this bench and so I decided to sit on it to finish my ice cream. The bench was tucked away in a little garden, it was really nice!


I decided it was about time to walk back to my residence when I came upon this really friendly squirrel. I stood there for a few minutes and took pictures of it. I really like this picture because it also shows a bit of campus. The squirrel didn't seem to mind that I was taking pictures, he just seemed preoccupied with eating his nut. I also love how they have statues on their campus. We don't have that at MAC!

Then I continued back along the river where I took this really pretty reflection of the trees in the water. I like it at least. I hope you do too! I also passed this rock kind of like the Guelph Cannon. It's there for people to paint over and over. I took pictures, but they aren't particularly nice, and not that important. It's a neat idea though!

Finally, I made it back to Owen Hall where I am now, relaxing. I'm really enjoying relaxing because I know once I get back to Mac it's going to be go, go, go and I may not get some free time for awhile!!!

I'm looking forward to tomorrow too, because hopefully I'll do something similar. We might go exploring Lansing as a group, but there isn't much to do.

Labels: Michigan

posted by Jenn @ 5:02 PM