While Zach was away for thanksgiving break he was tasked with finding a location to find in his home state of Virginia. Now while the capitol city of Virginia, Richmond, might seem like a place with little green in it there is a handful of locations with greenery in them. Such as Bryan park, a recreational park which has a few trails in and about the designated woods and happens to be a short walk from Zach’s house. So he choose to find a place in this spot. Now Bryan park isn’t very natural with most of it being recreational land, this means there are big open areas and signs of people’s interventions.
This doesn’t mean that the park is void of natural locations, just that Zach is unlikely to find locations void of people’s influence. But some of the influence of Bryan park is interesting. For starters back in the 1600s this location was prime spot for watermills due to its close proximity to a creek. That led to it being a frequented area for trade and making camps. It was used this way by union troops after the fire in Richmond. These old presences are still found in debre in the park.
Now as for Zach, he walked around for a while going on trails trying to find something that would work well enough when he spotted an interesting clearing surrounded by tall grass, and in the middle of this tall grass was a path. This intrigued him and he decided that no matter what he ended up finding he would talk about.
He walked down this path and came across a small campsite area with multiple fallen trees around it. He decided this would be his spot.
Though it wasn’t as purely natural as he had hoped, it was still interesting to say the least. The trees all having fallen into a big pile together and what seemed to be a new break told a story. Furthermore the location featured a small camp with a small rock bench and a fire-pit. It seemed like a nice spot and conveyed the history of the location in an interesting way. Ecology wise it wasn’t to uncommon to other places in Virginia, it contained some common ivy and honeysuckle.
Zach decided to leave a maple leaf he had actually taken from Vermont in this spot for his honorable harvest gift, then he forgot to take a picture. But if you were to go there today, he would ensure it’s probably there somewhere.