After our visit to the Aquatic Center, we were dismissed to take time to read assigned articles, catch up on blogs or to do as we pleased. I originally headed out to ride motocross trails in the mountains however they had just closed when I got there.
When I returned, Vishal, Chance, Travis, Armando, Erin and I headed to the lakefront outside our hotel where I suggested we take a private plane to fly us over the volcano and other points of interest.
The next thing you know we were taking off from the water.
So what’s sustainable about that you ask?
As we flew over the mountain tops, one could not help but notice how uniformed the large pine trees were throughout the land.
I asked our friendly Kiwi pilot, Fred, what’s with the trees?
He informed us this area was the second largest man made forest in the world. Which that makes sense, with timber being one of the countries primary exports, the land is used to produce and harvest the timber and then replant what they take off to repeat the cycle again and again.
That’s the sustainable part, not to mention how cool all the other points of interest were…I leave those points to my classmates to comment on…I’m stealing the sustainable piece to standout so I can win the iTouch Dr. Forgey has for the best blog!!!
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