Week 2 Reflection

     This week was really exciting for our group. We started off the week hiking Smith Pond in Enfield, NH. Initially, we were supposed to head to Mount Willard, but it did not fit into our day, so we had a change of plans. It was super simple but nice to stay close to home and have a relaxing hike. Then we went to Mount Kearsarge. It was such a fun hike, and we loved seeing campus from a different perspective. We had such a fun week of hiking, that we even decided to add on the Bulkhead on Friday. It was nice to wrap up the hiking part of Senior Project right at home.

    Some things I think we did really well were staying on track this week and living in the moment. We really felt organized and focused both doing bookwork and hiking. Everything went according to plan, we made it to all the hikes without a problem and found our way to the top without any issues. We even had more hours than we were supposed to, which felt really nice and like we were making good use of our time. We also thoroughly enjoyed every hike we went on and did a lot of reflecting and taking advantage of the opportunity we had to be on Senior Project.

    One thing I think we could have done better was planning ahead to space out the hikes. I wish that we originally knew that we were going to hike the Bulkhead because then we could have avoided two back-to-back hikes. This would have allowed us to have time to start the pages for Mount Kearsarge before we did another hike and also would have allowed us to have more energy and appreciation for the Bulkhead hike. Regardless, we had an awesome time doing all of our hikes this week. It is so bittersweet to think we are graduating in less than a week, but this project has been a phenomenal way to end my journey at Proctor. 

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