Event Mapping- Lindsey Papasian
today a classmate and I embarked on a journey down to the Winooski Bridge. It was a rainy walk down but the vibrant leaves on the trees (with leaves still remaining) stuck out against the gray skies. When we first started our walk down Colchester Ave. we saw this really beautiful and vibrant red bush that unfortunately we were unable to identify but wanted to stop and take a picture of it. Our first official stop however was the Greenmount cemetery. It was very peaceful and quite beautiful in the cemetery. We noted there was a lot of coniferous trees lining the cemetery and within we saw more deciduous trees. Most of the leaves had fallen off the trees, but right in the middle of the cemetery we saw an Linden tree with bright yellow leaves. Our next stop was the overlook above the Salmon hole, usually i would walk down to the Salmin hole but it was a bit muddy to climb down to the salmon hole itself. At the overlook we were able to see how the water was higher on the rocks than usual due to the precipitation (not as high as it was at my last blog though). At the overlook we saw a lot of Maple and Red Oak trees and their leaves were all over. At our final destination, the Winooski Bridge we got a good look at the dam and the river below. We were looking over the rock formations and the rapids in the Winooski river and I thought it was interesting how calm the water was in every part except for the one section where there are rapids. After our adventure I felt I had a fuller knowledge of the phenology of the area, I would definitely do it again.