The Students were trained to write field Journal on this trip.  They wrote on the the bus, and they wrote in the field.

They all did a great job!  Please ask one of the students to share their Journals with you.

The sponsors also kept field journals.   We found out that many of the students and teachers were artist

Noella

Day #1/ February 27  MARK   6:30

Now we are leaving Floresville and we are on the road. It has been fine except for that I forgot my watch. Excited and ready for the trip.

It has been fifteen minutes and we are still on the road in Floresville. It has been quiet time for about 10 min. It is just like I had expected it, it's not quiet. We are on our way! Can't wait! As I look at the bus I see people awake and talking and some people out like a rock, you can tell who's eager to get there. Mr. Riele says that I won, I was the first to say," Are we there yet?", and "I have to go to the restroom." Finally it is starting to light up. I am looking through books and learning different things from Mrs. Ramos. I learned that Floresville is sandy meaning it was a beach a long time ago. As I am looking out the window I see our type of trees: Post Oak, Live Oak, and Mesquite trees.

There are a few shrubs that you can see. Some Indian paintbrushes are already blooming here in Floresville and not all trees have leaves yet. We usually have bluebonnets out but due to the lack of rain we don't have any. It is a little foggy and cloudy but you can also see purple phlox.

Beth's Field Journal  

It is starting to drizzle. I hope it is not raining in Big Bend. While I am looking through a tree book I see that it is saying that the Chisos Red Oak, which is the Chisos Mountain Basin, is approximately 10 feet shorter than the trees over here, Live Oak and Post Oak. Soon we will be in Mountain Cedar (Junipers Ashei).

Right now we are driving through the Hill Country between Borne and Kerville. It feels like my ears are going to pop because we are slowly going higher in elevation. Between Borne and Kerrville we are passing mountains were you can see how the rock is horizontal and in Big Bend it is vertical.

With the big foot hills the other kids that have never been out of Floresville and San Antonio are wasting there film. The teachers are saying, "Wait til you see Big Bend you will be amazed." The first stop outside of Kerville 90 miles from Floresville (Hill Country). There are Prickly Pear Cactuses, Live Oak, and Post Oak. We also saw Pink Evening Rose and Twisty Fyuckle. For the next 12 miles in the Hill Country was made by stream run off by weak rock. These were made by flat in cretaceous period

Mr. Lanoux's Window Trail drawing

Mrs. Ramos camp view drawing