Erika’s Wild and Crazy Trip!!!

1. Erika’s Wild and Crazy Trip!!!

2. Vacation Itinerary Day 1-Leave San Antonio and fly to Kansas City, Kansas. Arrive in Kansas City and then drive to Marais des Cygnes. Observe wildlife. Day 2-Go back and take pictures of wildlife and scenery. Day 3-Leave Kansas City and fly to Albequerque,NM. From Albequerque we will then drive 80 miles to El Malpais. Here we will go horsebackriding and camp out for two nights. Day 5- take camp down and drive back to Albequerque. From there we will fly to Florida City,Florida Day 6-Arrive in Florida City and drive to Convoy Point. From here we will take a boat to Biscayne National Park. When we arrive we will go to our hotel and sleep. Day 7-Wake up and go kayaking, take a lunch break, then go snorkling through the beautiful coral reefs! Go out to a nice dinner, and then back to the hotel for R and R! Day 8-Wake up, have brunch and then go on a Glass Bottom Boat Tour. Go back to the hotel and pack. Day 9-Fly out in the morning for the enchanting island….PURTO RICO! Arrrive there and go shopping, then lunch, and dinner on the boardwalk. Day 10-Wake up and drive to the Caribbean National Forest. Hike a trail and reach the top, to see the rainforest canopy….WHAT A SITE! Hike back down and it’s off to the hotel resort. Day 11-Drive back to CNF! We forgot our picnic! Have a picninc by a waterfall, and take a short swim. After eating its off to Luquillo beach for us, then back to the hotel resort for a night on the town! Ideas for Today and Tomorrow 1

3. Vacation Itinerary Continued….. Day 12- Go visit the relatives and catch up on things, then enjoy a delicious Puerto Rican cuisine compliments of my grandma! Day 13- Wake up at 3 a.m. and watch the sunrise! Then sleep until 1 p.m and pack because we are going to Miami, bienvenidos a Miami!!! Leave for Miami at 6 p.m. Arrive in Miami at 10 p.m, and leave for SA-town baby! Day 14-Arrive in SA-town….HOME SWEET HOME!!

4. Transportation “Roll Out….”

5. Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge Goal and Objective • Located 39 miles south of Kansas City, Kansas • Here I will observe wildlife and use this to take interesting photography • Established to protect bottomland hardwood forest in the U.S and the largest contiguous tract of bottomland hardwood forest in Kansas. • Harbors 30 species of mussels • Can view many uncommon plant and animal communities like rare bottomland hardwood forest and tallgrass prairie 3

7. El Malpais National Conservation Area Today’s Situation • South of Grants, New Mexico, 80 miles west of Albuquerque • Here I will go camping and also horseback riding • Protects nationally significant geological, archaeological, ecological, cultural, scenic, scientific, and wilderness resources surrounding the Grants Lava Flows • Archeologists use this area to find artifacts from Indian groups like the Laguna and Zuni, and the Ramah Navajo 4

9. Biscayne National Park How Did We Get Here? • Located of the eastern coast of Florida • 95% of the park is covered by water • It’s the largest marine park in the National Park System • Here I will go snorkeling through coral reefs, kayak, and take a glass bottom boat tour. • Protects 10 federally listed endangered species • Four major ecosystems are protected within the park • designated as a national park to protect a rare combination of terrestrial and undersea life 5

11. Caribbean National Forest Vision Statement • In the Sierra de Luquillo mountains, 25 miles northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico • I will go hiking, and enjoy a picnic beside a pristine waterfall. • The only tropical rainforest in the National Forest System • Habitat for 5 endangered species, and 1 threatened species. • Furnishes water for domestic uses, and electrical power generation • 36 private families obtain their water from this forest 2

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14. References Cited • http://www.southernregion.fs.fed.us/caribbean/ • http://recreation.gov/detail.cfm?ID=4058 • http://www.nps.gov/bisc/ • http://www.nm.blm.gov/aufo/el_malpais/el_malpais.html 6