Why it?s never the same trail twice

I read awhile back that somebody said you might learn more from climbing the same mountain 50 times than you would from climbing 50 individual mountains. Hiking trails are much the same. I was on my morning hike the other day and came across a couple Christmas tree bulbs somebody had hooked to a tree. I thought, “wow, that’d be cool picture” so I brought my camera long next time. First thing I realized: the bulb creates a fish-eye effect that makes it nearly impossible to photograph without having the camera in the picture. I shot this from a zillion angles and finally decided heck with it, I’ll stop fighting the urge to hide the camera and see what happens. Another novelty I happened to notice on this trail I’d walked a bunch of times before. Looks like any old fallen tree, but notice the park road in the background and the angle of the fallen stump: When this tree fell it most likely blocked that road completely. Another of those examples of nature’s seeming delight in bollixing the designs of mere humans. If you spend much time reading about wildlife you’ll come across the phrase “charismatic megafauna” — a [...]

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