A Walk Through the Woods

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A Walk Though the Woods #1
December 2005 Chapel Hill, NC
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Leaving work for my afternoon walk the other day I had thought to head in one direction but my eye was caught by a trail that led into the woods across the street.  On a whim I decided to follow it and see where it led.

So, in the fine tradition of androkles who used to take us along on his urban walks until he and Bill moved to their little corner of paradise, feel free to come along by .




A Walk Though the Woods #2
December 2005 Chapel Hill, NC
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The path actually diverged at one point, with a sign posted in the middle of the pathway leading to the left that indicated that it was the offical Footpath. Being me, I decided to take the road more washed out and, therefore, less traveled, to see where it led to.  At the bottom of the hill, there was a small bridge that I guess might be needed during a seriously rainy time.  That day, however, it simply gave me an excuse to take another picture.




A Walk Though the Woods #3
December 2005 Chapel Hill, NC
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Just on the other side there was a small rock sculpture.  It was quite nice to find something so unexpected and almost whimsical.  Someone put some thought and energy into collecting these rocks and arranging them into this structure.




A Walk Though the Woods #4
December 2005 Chapel Hill, NC
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Taking a right onto the actual footpath and up a short way was another rock sculpture. This was was set just in front of the underside of a fallen tree with the roots still clinging needlessly to the red North Carolina clay it had spent decades trying to gain nourishment from.




A Walk Though the Woods #6
December 2005 Chapel Hill, NC
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The Footpath was remarkably well maintained, given that it's the end of Autumn and very few people seemed to be using it (I didn't see anyone on the path my entire time on it).  The University has laid down treated wooden planks to keep any soil errosion from taking out the uphill climb of the path, at least too quickly.





A Walk Though the Woods #7
December 2005 Chapel Hill, NC
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A short way up the hill past the wooden planks the trail headed straight for a distance and then curved to the right.




A Walk Though the Woods #8
December 2005 Chapel Hill, NC
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Where there was yet another bench awaiting a weary hiker.  For me, though, I knew my time was running short so I continued on until I found some campus landmarks I recognized and headed back to my office.

Thanks for coming along.

(This image isn't displaying properly in my Semagic preview window.  If it's missing for you, it can be found here)

(Many of these images seem disturbingly out of focus, or perhaps just overly "soft" focused.  I have no idea why.  My apologies to those with sensitive eyes who, like me, found them a bit hard to look at)



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I wonder if I can fool flickr this way:



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