I decided to take a walk down a street I don’t usually take down to Battery park. Whenever I go to the waterfront I pass battery park without checking it out, so today I decided to do that.
It was a rainy Friday morning, I took college street down to the waterfront. On my way there, I turned down Hungerford Terrace. It looked like a quaint street, and I loved looking at the houses, especially the landscaping of people’s front yards. There weren’t too many plants, given that it is getting colder. However, I did see some sunflowers on their last leg towards the back of someone’s yard.
I took Hungerford Terrace all the way to Pearl Street and continued down hill until I got to Battery Park. I walked around the park for a while and took in the sound of the rain, also the emptiness there, probably due to the rain.
Being at the waterfront I couldn’t resist going down to the board walk and checking out the skate park, which is one on my favorite places in Burlington. It was empty so I walked on the smooth concrete for a while. Then I started my walk back, stopping by the soar and climbing down on the rocks to hear the sound of rain hitting the water.
In my event map I identified a lot of my observations and the activities I did on my walk. I decided to do the walk on my own, first because it was early and everyone else was asleep. But also because I wanted to take the time for myself to connect with the outdoors, especially in the rain which is my favorite kind of weather!