Recreational:Tree planting activity

 Recreational activities are activities performed in your free time to relax yourself and release the stress you accumulate from work, school, or your daily life. One example of a recreational activity is hiking. Hiking is an activity of moderate difficulty that involves walking across long distances, generally on a trail or path. Hiking is where the trail meets the people, and mountain sports meet cultural adventure.

 

Hi! Today on this blog, I'm going to talk about my first experience participating in a hiking activity,even though we didn't really go up the mountain and just walked across a long distance, and a tree planting activity. It happened on the 3rd day of May, and on that day, I awoke at 3 AM to prepare myself for the activity that was coming. After my preparations, I rode my father's motorcycle to go to school. All of the students participating in the tree planting activity had gathered in the oval near the Freedom Stage.

 

When all of the participants had come to the oval, the activity started with a prayer and a flag ceremony, followed by warm-up exercises. We've done a zumba dance led by one of the teachers. After that, we left the school by walking towards our destination, the Tuyawan Eco-Aqua Park located in Magsaysay, Nabunturan, Davao de Oro. The distance between our school and the Tuyawan Eco-Aqua Park was roughly three kilometers, so it was really rough for me to walk. The feet and legs start to hurt even if we still haven't reached the middle or the rest of the distance. I use my willpower to overcome it. The march was so rough that I was really thankful when we reached our destination.

 

After we reach the Tuyawan Eco-Aqua Park, we proceed to do the tree planting activity there after each participant gets their turn. After doing it, there was a short program, and after that, we were given free time to do things we wanted. I spent that time looking at the scenery at the Tuyawan Eco-Aqua Park. I looked at the mountains near it and sat on one of the rocks near the lake. There was a wind dancing near the lake, and it felt refreshing and cool to my skin. Some of my classmates had done some recreational activity while I was just watching like my other classmates did.

 

Time passed, and it was now 10:40 a.m. There was an announcement that we are now going back to school. All of the students clean up and then wait for their turn to ride the service truck that will deliver us to the school. We left the Tuyawan Eco-Aqua Park and went back to school. And that ends my experience.

 

I'd say that the activity was a good one, as it lets you connect with nature. You'll also feel that you've done something for our environment after you've done the tree planting. The walking was also good exercise, even though it was tiring. Overall, doing the activity was an interesting experience for me.