Wiawaka

We stayed at the Wiawaka Holiday House for one night. It's a place located close to Lake George Village and was founded in 1903 as a peaceful getaway and retreat for women. We stayed in the Mayflower Cottage. When we first arrived, I knew we would be doing community service but man I really hate cleaning and it was too hot out. I just wanted to get it done so I can have some fun. I had to wipe down the furniture that were out on the patio in each of the houses. After everyone was done cleaning, we we all went done at the docks and swam in the lake, well others did, but not me. I did not want to get into the water. But I liked putting my feet in the cold water and seeing the small fish below the waters swim by. It was warm out, but not too hot, so I was able to relax for about an hour and just doze off. After that, I went back to my room upstairs and took a long nap. Well, at first I didn't have the intention to fall asleep, I was just laying in bed on my phone and the bed was so comfortable I just feel asleep. And I really like my room. It was small and warm in there, and I had a nice view over the trees and the lake.

the turtle we found crossing the road

After sleeping for like 2 hours, I heard the bell and dinner was ready. I don't know who cooked, but the sauce was really good. I liked it. I had to stop myself from getting seconds or even more. Then everyone helped wash dishes afterwards but I didn't. I hate doing dishes, so I just wandered around the kitchen pretending like I was helping out then I stayed outside relax in the sun. Everyone wanted to go into the village and check out the shops after the dishes were done. I decided to go just for the heck of it even though I

wood carving into tree done by an artist

did not plan on buying anything. I didn't want to be in that cottage all by myself. While we were going to Lake George Village, our professors showed us a wetland that was built by the state since many of the original wetlands have been destroyed. And wetlands are an important of regulating any water irrigation in the environment. So, learning about that was interesting. We also saw a turtle trying to cross the road when we were back in the van. I knew it was going to make so I really wanted to help the turtle before it was run over by a car. Turtles are my favourite animals so it was awesome when I had the chance to hold him and take pictures of him.

View out on the lake by the dock

After that, we placed the turtle in an safe area and continued to the village. The village was pretty fun. There were so many shops and arcades and at this one point while I was walking with the others, some old woman who was taking a picture of another person with this Batman figure by the shops said "that's it, yeah work it. work it!" It was really weird... but anyways we walked around and pretty went into every shop we saw and had lots of fun. Then when we came home at nightfall, we built a campfire down near the lake where we told each other lame jokes and ate marsh mellows on sticks. It was a fun experience since I had never done anything like that before. At on point, I even started eating the marsh mellows right out of the bag because they were so good and no one even noticed. But it was getting late and I just wanted to get into bed. i was really tired from the long day we had. Just when I was about to get ready for bed, there was a giant spider on my ceiling and I nearly spent an hour thinking how to kill until I decided to just have our friend Precious do it. She murdered the poor thing. But at least I got to sleep afterwards without worrying about the spider!

cottage we stayed at!