The sites of Lake Champlain!

This week, I had the opportunity to visit some of my classmates sites and see the world from their perspectives! It was really tough to pick which ones to visit, but I settled on John's site (Red Rocks) and Olivia/Alyssa's site (Burlington Waterfront). I chose these two because they are the closest to mine in that they are all are right up against Lake Champlain. It was great to be able to compare the three and see the differences and similarities in the landscape.

First things first, my own spot was a mess when I visited! I should have went this weekend when it was nice out; instead, I waited until today and trudged around in the rain. Needless to say, I didn't stay for long. There are definitely changes in the air though! The lake still has a thin layer of ice, but it is breaking up into small pieces. When I threw a rock at the ice, it actually went through, which shows how unsturdy it is becoming. The snow was pretty slushy but still walkable. This was actually the first time I visited my site that it wasn't sunny and blue skies! I guess I needed to see it from a different perspective at some point!

John's site of Red Rocks was also rainy. I love Red Rocks though so it was cool to be able to go back and see it because I hadn't seen it in a while! I walked down to the cliffs that people jump off of (no, I didn't jump) and was reminiscent of times spent there in the fall and summer! I think John's site will become even more beautiful as time goes on. And if I thought my site was a far walk... I was wrong!

The waterfront (Olivia and Alyssa's spot) was great as usual. I actually have been down there a of couple times in the past week! It was once again rainy when I went down last, so I didn't stay long. I ran down a few days ago though and was taken aback by how pretty it is! The waterfront is iconic to Burlington and I love going down there. Watching the sun set over the Adirondacks is one of my favorite things to do!

All in all, it was cool to see the similarities between the three places. The water looked about the same at all of them. In my spot, there was a little more ice on the lake. I think this is because Oak Ledge is situated in a bay, which gets less water movement and sunlight.

:-)