FGCU nature trail

Your musings on the campus trail walk and the selection of this site for the FGCU campus. Is it consistent with the “eco-empowerment” mission of the university? Or is it entirely incompatible? Why or why not? Does your particular background predispose you to a certain viewpoint?

 I went to the nature trail on campus last Friday and didnt see a whole lot. Maybe I just had bad luck, but I didn't discover that the trail had much wildlife to show. Now I wasnt expecting a zoo or anything but i figured there would be some sorts of rustling in the bushes a little. Now, I saw plenty of lizards and  ran into countless spiderwebs, but unless i wanted to venture off the trail and climb through the forest, I didnt expect to see anything I wouldn't see in my back yard. As for the vegitation there were alot of different kinds of trees and the one I thought was spectacular I took a picture of it. Seeing trees like that just make me want to go climbing like I did when I was a youngster. To answer the questions above, the trail does portray the type of ecosystem that fgcu is encomassing and is an accurate representation of what this university is about. But, I live in the estates in Naples so the type of trees and ecosystem present on campus is pretty much what I see every day going to and from school.  Im sure people from out of state may have a different view on the nature trail, but yes my background does change the way I feel about the nature trail. Its not anything exciting to me. However, it is a good reminder that we are not alone as human beings. Walking out there makes you realize that even though you may not have seen anything, there still may be something out there watching you.