I went for a walk just now, this afternoon. I try to go on walk's every day that I'm not working. Today I decided to walk on the bike path that me and mum discovered on a walk last week. It was dark out then so we did not venture down, but today I went down it. OMG. It was incredible. I did not know such magic existed in this area of Ann Arbor. We're surrounded by major through-ways and highways. We are in the center of the industrialized area of the city. Everything out here is constructed! We've got Meijer, Target, apartments, neighborhoods, factories, liquor stores, many malls, theives, drug dealers, babies... We've got lengthy nature trails, bike trails, wetland preserve, disc golf course, high way overpass walk way. I've never been on one of those, and I have always wanted to. Always!
I found the bike trail in my hood, and ambled down. I came to a fork and I took the right one. Very soon I saw I was walking over the highway. My heart stopped, and then beat faster; I got all of those good chemicals rushing into my brain. I was there! I'd found it! It's incredible to be over the highway, it's so different than being on it. It's a completely new sensation. You're there, but you're not. You don't have to be in a hurry like those cars rushing below you. By the way, is it a hazard to stand and look out on one of those overpasses? What if I want to go down there and sit and watch the sunset and the twilight over the highway - is that hazardous and dangerous for drivers? There are no signs so I must assume it is not a big deal. But what if I try to make eye contact...? haha
A good start. The overpass walkway was over too soon, but I continued on and soon again I came to another fork, and one of my options was a f******* nature trail! Who knew?? I took that path, and it is maintained, you can tell by all the chopped down tree stumps, and the logs laid down on the ground as a trail. The trail isn't that well maintained though, because sometimes I couldn't tell which path was the trail! Maybe there are numerous paths, or maybe some are animal paths. I have to be honest, as I ventured down the trail I feared a homeless man would get me! Eek. No, that's no good. I saw nice sleeping areas for people desperate for shelter, like the huuuge tree, with huge splayed out limbs, where one limb had cracked off at the base, making this huge shell of the large trunk. A person could totally sleep in there and stay relatively protected. That was the most obvious one, but there were other things like that. Who knows if anyone stays out there, we're in domestic land here, I don't think people travel by foot to this area. I was scared though! I was reminded of the time that me and my friends were exploring abandoned houses in Brighton, off of Flint Rd. when we looked in the shed behind the house, and underneath a lawn mower instruction manual there was a pile of white powder. Wtf! That was scary. I felt the same way. What if I found some other drug lab out here in this lightly traveled trail?
Despite my (unnecessary) fear, I was happy to find a nature trail so close to my house, I was walking along side the highway (i could kind of see it through the trees), I was passing through all kinds of habitats and so many plants. I wanted to stop and examine all of the different ones, but I didn't, so I hope to get familiar with the plants in the future.
Next, as the trail kept going, and I was getting nervous that I would stay on the right path, and be able to find my way back (no trail markers), in the distance I could see this guy in an orange hat with a roaring chainsaw!! Aahhh! We made eye contact and he started to walk toward me - jk. But I was scared. It's Halloween season! People are all over the place (in fantasy lands) with chainsaws with the intent of murder. Bad time, man, where are your manners? Or maybe that is why he's out with the chainsaw, with a hankering for that sweet roar... I turned around though, he was blocking the path anyway, and believe me, I did turn around to watch my back until I couldn't hear the roar anymore. I don't even think he saw me, to be honest.
After that I came out to the bike trail, walked around in the adjoining neighborhood. Lovely little houses, respectable yards. I found out I was near Platt Rd, and I believe that highway is I-94. That park and nature trails are bigger even, I can't believe I live right near this big nature preserve. I'm very excited about this.
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