Path Through the Woods

The question was asked why continue coming here when it it is obvious that people are bent on destroying all that made it special? Nowhere else within easy travelling distance could provide these experiences and those with the legal authority, the machinery and the required level of insensitivity see it only as a place to be exploited.

But some experiences still happen for now that provide enchantment.

Early morning in the woods in April with bright sun reaching down to ground level, snow on the ground and willow warblers and blackbirds in song is one.