7/22/09
On Wednesday G2 and several other groups took a trip to the Wissahickon park. As we arrived we met our tour guide that was a guest speaker the week before (John). He showed us how the park suffered from erosion( the weathering of soil due to water, snow, or hail.) The soil looked bad having no plants growing out of it. John also showed us how signs were hidden behind trees or were too high to see. Another problem (that was completely obvious) was the bikers would zoom past us. Sometimes they didn't give us enough warning and we'd have to really think on our feet. The entire walk was 3.2 miles. Personally I think the best improvement would be a wider road.
7/23/09
On Thursday the groups that stayed behind were presented with a guest speaker. This speaker was a handicap able person and resided in a wheelchair. He told us of his disease (muscular dystrophy), how he's lived life, and most important to our project, his ability to access to public places. He said Philadelphia was pretty accessible but there could be improvements. After our guest speaker left we watched a movie about the levies breaking during Hurricane Katrina and how much destruction there was. Many lives were either destroyed or taken because of the levies breaking. This however wasn't the first time the levies broke. My question is why weren't these levies strong enough to stop the flood? Why exactly made to contain any water?
7/24/09
On Friday we went to the Kelly Drive. Our walk was all about how crowded the sidewalk was. This sidewalk was really crowded. I would seriously call the a health risk to walk Kelly Drive. Riders on both sides on the side walk coming at a moments notice. The Kelly drive is an ("accident waiting to happen") There were virtually no signs and one port-a-potty, on top of that there was construction that limited the sidewalk even more. I personally thought the best part was the return trip.
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