Minnesota Landscape Arboretum: A Short Story

You only hear the echo when you’re in the middle! I watch as my family walks down the hill, ready to continue on the 3-mile drive. I yell for them to come back up to the top to see what I had just found. They all begrudgingly trekked back up the hill and came to see what I was rambling on about. About an hour ago, we were meandering about the arboretum, walking through the various gardens, when we decided to go on the 3-mile drive. We piled in the car and began the slow journey through the winding hills and vast fields of the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. We stopped to explore an old cabin turned museum, 3 tiny houses that teach kids about plants, and a giant tree that had once been struck by lightning. We soon reached the grove of cherry trees, and we all got out of the car to go and explore. I followed the trail up to the top of the tallest point in the arboretum, and I sat down on the short memorial wall that rings the top of the hill. My little sister had followed me up to the top, and when she got there she immediately climbed on top of the wall, and began walking on it. I got up and and walked around to the opening in the wall that allows you to get inside of it. The circle area created by the wall was all green grass, except for a small divot in the center that was dirt. I stepped on to it and I immediately heard a dead
I had my little sister stand in the center and talk. Her face lit up when she heard the cool effect this place had on her voice. But, I couldn’t hear it. I figured that the way your voice is hitting off of the circular wall, then coming back to you ears only happens when you are in the center. Each of my family members tried the echo spot and are fascinated with it. Soon, we all head back down the hill, and continue on with the 3-mile drive all content with the discovery of something