learning experience

1. Field ecology is a lot like what they say about the military: Climb a mountain, see beautful native plants, and trample them.


2. Vine maples will not hold up a human, choosing instead to bend completely to the ground with her.


3. Devil's club really does get three meters tall. Seven-foot salal remains a myth.


4. Browsing Pojar-Mackinnon for two days' bus rides running can really add to the list of native plants one wants for the garden.


5. If you take a Kylee up a mountain, you're just going to have to wait for her to come down slowly enough so her knees don't explode.


6. Aspirin is fucking awesome.