Hunter Peterson
Prof. Miller
ENG 102
March 20, 2020
Colton Point State Park Adventures
For this assignment I took the liberty of using it as an excuse to leave self quarantining and go exploring nature. I had many place in mind of where I wanted to go, but obviously I made the smart decision to drive half way across Pennsylvania to the middle-of-no-where to Colton Point State Park. So I picked a day to go and myself and two of my close friends got in the car and made the 3 hour trek across the state. The drive was long and very boring. There wasn’t much to see at all except rolling hills and little towns. Once we finally reached the gates the park we were so excited to be finally be there and get out of the car. However, we soon realized that it was another fifteen miles past the gates until we actually go to where we wanted to be. We finally found a place to pull off the side of the road. We walked over to the lookout point and its just this vast canyon with Pine Creek located at the bottom.
Naturally we took pictures of this natural beauty. We got back in the car and decided to drive farther into the park. We saw huge trees, waterfalls, creeks, and much more. We drove around for hours exploring so many different things. We walked around the many trials and drove the back roads in this expansive forest.
We stop and ate lunch by this beautiful little waterfall and creek. When we were eating a ranger came by because he thought we were broke down and then probably thought we were crazy because we were not practicing social distancing.
Taking this day to step back from reality was very relieving. This trip gave me a chance to see my friends once again since the beginning of our quarantines. But, this trip also gave me a chance to reconnect with nature in so many awesome ways.
Creative Minds 
Hunter, you already know I’m a grammar nazi, but that’s really the only thing that I have negative to say. I loved hearing about how you were able to become happier just by seeing a natural phenomenon a bit away. I wish you would go into depth more about even the conversation happening- more of the tone of the story and what the reasoning was behind this photography adventure. Also, I would love to see more photos that YOU took! But over all, I love the descriptors of the landmarks you saw- you make Pennsylvania sound less sucky than it is! Benjamin Franklin would really appreciate it. So, moral of the review? Nature is fantastic and so is your photography, but lemme see it and let me know how you’re feeling. Ya killed it, brother.
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I loved the way you introduced the trip overall, the procession of events and then the pictures you added. I do, however, wish I could’ve read a little more about how the scenery made you feel or any emotion that it sparked. Keep in mind, this was really well written and I enjoyed reading it, but it was like I couldn’t quite put myself in your shoes. Maybe it’s just me though. Also I’m totally curious as to what the park guy had to say about you guys being out there. Overall I really liked your story and how everything panned out. The pictures are super cool and it sounds like you had a great trip, glad to hear you’re not just stuck inside wallowing in the quarantine.
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