"I was just peacefully sitting trying to eat my blueberry muffin and a seagull stole my muffin out of my hand." - Maya, age 14

"The outdoors open many opportunities to me and give me lots of time to think to myself." - Chouamon, age 16

"When you set your hook and you finally catch a fish and you can feel the adrenaline pumping through your body." - Billy, age 14

"Sometimes if I like lay outside in the winter, it's too quiet. I can and I hear my own heartbeat." - Rose, age 16

"I don't like the great outdoors but I still like being outside." - RW, age 16

"The water at the Boundary Waters was really clean and clear." - Gauchong, age 16

"I love the flowers, the smell of flowers when going through gardens. I love the bees buzzing around those flowers." - Gailthavhan,  age 17

"It was in winter and it was very cold out but we were very excited to go skiing." - Eli, 5th grade

"When we finished that trail, we decided to grab some lemonade because we were very hot, even though it was only 75 degrees out." - Fritz, 6th grade

"I walk outside. I see a bee pollinating a flower. My feet are crushing the leaves on the ground. Now crab apples. I take a big deep breath of fresh air." - Miles, 6th grade