My friends and I were up early that spring morning. We were going hiking up in the cliffs. We were hiking for 4 days and 3 nights. I was very excited about this trip because we were going to stay in log cabins built on huge strong trees and cliffs. These trees and cliffs were very old and housed a lot of animals and birds.

We began the first day of our hiking at the main office and our captain briefed us about the trails we were taking and the things we could see and hear.

The first trail was called the “aerie” trail. It was called so because the cliffs here were very high and housed a lot of eagles’ nests. We started our hike at 9:00 am and reached our first log cabin destination at around 6:00 pm. The cabin was large and airy. It was very refreshing to see these cabins and the beds. Once up in my cabin I sat on my bed and looked out the window. It was a sight to behold! From my window I could see lots of aeries at the cliff tops. I could also see little baby eagles inside these aeries. One of them was so close that I could see about 3 baby eagles inside the nest (aeries). I moved close to the window and fell asleep watching these tiny little birds.