Happy Thursday! Today, I want to write about what takes up a lot of time in the day of the Wellesley student: walking around campus. Wellesley’s campus is on the smaller side of college campuses. The walk from my east side dorm to the west side Keohane Sports Center takes me about fifteen minutes. Students mostly walk around the campus to get to classes, and some have bikes or electric scooters.
After a long day of classes, I love to clear my mind by walking around campus while listening to music. Oftentimes, I purposefully take the long scenic route back to my dorm to extend my walk. The Wellesley campus is beautiful and right now is the ultimate time to admire the changing orange leaves for autumn. I have to physically restrain myself from stopping to take photos every few minutes. My camera roll for the past two years has been full of campus photos from my walks! I will share some throughout this post.
My two favorite places to walk on campus right now are behind Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center and near Stone-Davis dormitory hall. The winding paths behind Lulu lead to Keohane Sports Center and go past a brook flowing into Lake Waban and the forest. It also leads a way to Wellesley’s lake path, which is a trail surrounding Lake Waban that occasionally fully opens to students and the public. I have not done a full lake path walk yet, but it is definitely on my list before leaving Wellesley!
Sunset behind Lulu
One of paths from behind Lulu and to the KSC/lake path
Next to Lake Waban
Since I started living on the east side of campus, I have been walking often on this path between Stone-Davis Hall and Lake Waban to return to my dorm. It has a gorgeous view of the lake and never has many other people.
Behind Stone-Davis! The classic street lamp really ties this photo together
Near the Wellesley College Club
I cannot talk about walking and not mention the woods behind the Science Center. This is one of my favorite places on campus: the woods here are so peaceful and make me feel like I am deep in a nature reserve rather than a college campus.
Woods behind the Science Center
With how busy I am as a student, I often take Wellesley’s idyllic campus for granted and have to remind myself to slow down. Purposefully taking long walks is my way of practicing that appreciation and decompressing.
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