A Year in the Forest

Took a walk through the woods with my wife today.  It really is dry.  A couple weeks ago, it was dry but you could walk through the woods and see leaves filled with dew and other signs of moisture, but not now.  At least the trees have not started to drop leaves as a result of the dryness.  At least it is relatively cool.  Today for the first time I can remember the wind was blowing hard enough that you could feel breezes down in the stream bed.  It did make the walk much more pleasant.

The only new thing I noticed was that the deer appear to like the trails a lot.  It is hard to walk very far at all now without seeing deer scat.  Even on the new segment, I just completed a couple of days ago, deer scat is already starting to appear.  Its nice to know I am making it easier on the wildlife.  I will admit that my trail layout took advantage of existing deer trails, but they have become much more heavily used since I cleared them.