Mikey Famiglietti "Lion's Bridge Experience"

I've lived in the Newport News area for over ten years and our class trip to the Lion's Bridge was my first...I didn't even know it existed. Although I didn't get to "marvel" in the environment for very long...I did start to ponder on a few things. I suspect that before Hurricane Katrina, the park was much more lively and beautiful. I found that the further I traveled into the park, the more depressing it became. Katrina was an unstoppable force, destroying much of the park...fallen trees, open areas of dead plants...much landscaping had to be done to clean up the mess...reminding me that much of the park was not the direct work of the divine...but the work of man. We often overlook the miracle we experience everyday...the miracle of simply waking up to see another day. Forces like Katrina remind me of how quickly life can be taken and how we should cherish every moment of it. Although we usually associate mother nature with her beauty, she also has a dark side, uncontrollable, destructive, and chaotic. The aftermath of her darkside is what I experienced at Lion's Bridge...I'll give it some time to regain its beauty...I'll visit again