A Trip to Lake George

8/15/2009
This morning I went to my friend’s house and looked in a purple bush and found a really big preying mantis. It was brown and had stripes that were black. I could clearly see it when I found it. It had green eyes and we knew it was a male because it had eight segments and females have six segments on their abdomens.

We were going to Lake George by car and we packed fishing rods, nets and hooks for catching fish, frogs, crayfish, spiders and salamanders. When we arrived, I ran right down the hill to the lake and jumped in to go swimming. I found a frog and I realized I forgot my nets in the car and I went to go get them. I caught small frogs and big frogs and crayfish and fish and salamanders and spiders. When I caught one of the frogs I let it go and it came right back into my net. When I came out to catch some fish I found a small leech about an inch long on my ankle and I learned from my mom that they have a substance that makes the blood continue to flow. There were two teeth stuck into my ankle which felt pretty weird. I held it and ripped it off of my ankle. It took about an hour to stop bleeding.

I came outside with my Aunt Jen and we sat down at the pier and saw about two bats. One of them swooped down at the water and were probably drinking some water. I told Jen about the frogs that I saw earlier and we were looking for some when I found one and put it in her hand.