The further I go the more beautiful everything becomes. I can no longer see the house but that does not bother me in the slightest. The trail is actually very well defined and fairly easy to traverse.

In the brush a while back I came across a group of cardinals. They scattered the moment I came near but soon returned after I was well past them. I also spotted a small family of deer. Thomas will love to hear about them. They were so graceful and leapt over the tall grass and brush with such effortlessness. For a moment I wished I could have joined them and bounded away to see what was deep inside the forest.

Perhaps another day – for now I must start back. I have been gone long enough.