Emma R.

Tribe of Dan

Age 15

 

The Family of Geese

I first noticed them on the walk to the first meal of camp. There was a mother Goose with many baby geese hanging out on a path that intersects with the path we, Camp Gilgal, walk on to the dining hall. I was very excited to see them since they were such an adorable little family. The next time we walked to a meal, I expected them to have flown away. But, when I came to the intersecting paths, there they were! At every meal I remember to look for them, they have been there. The babies on the first day were very small. Now, they are almost as big as the mother! When we arrived at camp they very obviously had the coloring of baby geese, but as the days have gone on they have steadily gotten bigger and their feathers resembled the adult geese more and more until they looked almost identical to the adults on the last day of camp. The babies even started to practice flying. Soon, they will fly away in the fall and hopefully return. Even though they were a small part of camp, I looked forward to seeing them every day. It was kind of amazing to think about change that way (in geese and in people), sometimes you can see it happening and sometimes you only notice when you look at where you started from. That is all about the Geese family for now… Honk Honk!