Sunday, November 22, 2015

Field trip to NC Arboretum and the Hickory Nut Gap Farm


 To my APES students, Coach Kubbs and Mr. Lehman,

             Thanks for a great day in the mountains!

We didn't get rained on, we found a great parking spot for the bus in Downtown Asheville and we didn't even have to wait in line to have lunch at my favorite spot!

The staff at the Arboretum and the Farm had great things to say about our students. They represented South Point and Belmont well!

Noah is showing us how to properly hold a crawdad.

Here are some of the Bio-indicators, a.k.a "critters", we found in Bent Creek.
The kids were real troopers about getting into  the very cold, rushing water!

Trudy is explaining what all of the critters are and what that tells us about the water.
Hickory Nut Gap Farm Shows us how sustainable agriculture is done.




Entry to the butcher shop and cafe. 


                                       A little horsing around on the farm to wrap up our day:
                                          (that's Logan you hear in the background)