Ok, so I heard of a possible fishing hole on campus. A little pond that was up above the equine unit. I'm always on the lookout for a place to take the kids fishing, and had to check this out. I decided to take my travel watercolor kit with me (yes, I keep it at work). I knew from looking on Google Earth that there might be some great views of San Luis from up there and I might be able to make a nice painting. Well, I got up there and, yes, there is a nice little pond. I found some fish in it, and yes, I plan on taking the kids. Also, I found some horses not too far away and decided to give a try at painting them. Now, I've never painted horses (or drawn them for that matter) before. So I know this painting isn't all that great. But what I really enjoyed was sitting on the side of the pont on a rock at the shore. I dipped my watercup into the pond and used that for my water. I was tickled to just be sitting there out side, with seemingly nothing around but a few horses, and painting whatever I thought I could. It was truly wonderful. And whats more, I could walk there, paint this picture and be back to my office within an hour. Im going back tomorrow, perhaps I'll take my camera so you can all see what I am talking about.
Students on our campus usually play an active role in shaping the physical landscape of campus. These first two pictures are houses build by students. They reside out in the canyon and have not been lived in in quite some time but with a little work could be brought up to date and made live-able. 
