During the summer, my friend, Valerie Baas, and I would sometimes spend the entire day at the arboretum. We would visit all of the animals, play hide and seek, cross every bridge, and look for wildlife. The campus was incredibly quiet then and we often had the place to ourselves for hours. We could bring a book and read or just stretch out on the grass and talk. It was an incredibly peaceful place and we were lucky to experience it.