Forest Travel Log: Lakeside Woodlot, Ajax

By the Sellers family .
Kim: My family and I visit our neighbourhood forest often. We either bike or walk on the trail that runs through this forest, which twists and turns between the houses and ends up at Lake Ontario. In the spring we look for the Trilliums, Jack-in-the-Pulpits, Trout Lillies, and May Apples. Later in the year, we remove some of the Garlic Mustard that we see encroaching into the forest. Other times we search for wildlife or animal dens. Plenty of birds and small mammals like orioles, chipmunks, and possums live nearby.

Brooklynn, age eight : Me and my friends go to the park. We play grounders and play manhunt. When we play manhunt, we always run into the forest. We go home at 5 p.m. for dinner. Dinner is always good. The next day, we do the same thing, over and over. It is a lot of fun in the forest. Today we saw my friend and we played grounders. It is very fun playing grounders. It is so fun! You should try it. Maybe you might think grounders is the best game ever. The End.

Gryffin, age 10: In the forest, I go play manhunt. I go bike riding in the forest, climbing trees, and collecting fallen branches to make forts. We run, we play, we make stick traps (that don’t work). One time, I climbed this tall pine tree and went as high and as far as I could. I almost went to the top. When I was standing, I saw Lake Ontario. That’s what I do in the forest to have fun.
Editor’s note: Grounders in a version of tag.