On my Thanksgiving break, my family headed south to Texas to visit my Grandma Betty in Dallas. In order to make this a more holiday/thanksgiving feel, we decided to rent a little house on Lake Lewisville, where my dad used to fish when he was in high school.
In the subdivision, we stayed at there was a trail that spat me out near Wynwood park, where I wandered upon another trail until I found a nice spot in the woods.
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I felt the soil, and it seemed pretty clay-ey. I used my phone to identify the trees, most of which were Bur Oak, American Elm, Cedar Elm, Pecan, and Sugar Hackberry. They all had MANY more leaves than the trees back, in Vermont.
I enjoyed the quiet of the forest, as Dallas has been very hectic with lots of noise pollution. I spend most of my time in the woods lying down on my backpack, staring at the blue-bell sky through the leaves. I’ve attached a VERY abstract sketch of my view.
I’m so glad I was able to get out of the house and the city, finding some peace in nature.