National Parks Trust Senior Terrestrial Warden Keith Grant pulled a bit of fragrant bay leaf off a tree and crumbled it to release its scent for a group of Seventh-day Adventist School students during a field trip last Thursday. Photo: CHRYSTALL KANYUCK

“Which island is that? It’s something we like on our food,” asked National Parks Trust Planning Officer Nancy Woodfield-Pascoe, quizzing a handful of Seventh-day Adventist School students.

National Parks Trust Senior Terrestrial Warden Keith Grant pulled a bit of fragrant bay leaf off a tree and crumbled it to release its scent for a group of Seventh-day Adventist School students during a field trip last Thursday. Photo: CHRYSTALL KANYUCK
“Salt,” guessed one.

“Ginger!” shouted another. He was right.

At about 1,300 feet above sea level, the observation deck at the top of Gorda Peak National Park offered an ideal vantage point from which to see the territory’s geography. Even through the haze last Thursday morning, a dozen named islands and cays could be spotted clearly.

The class three students got priority for climbing up on to the observation deck since they’re getting tested on local geography this term, said Ann Marie John, the class’s teacher and the school’s primary division supervisor.

A little further down the trail, class one and two students were getting a different quiz from Keith Grant, the NPT’s senior terrestrial warden.

 

See the June 12, 2014 edition for full coverage.

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