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I went back to the forest I found before. Took a different path this time, taking the long way around the tents and leanto, to an area below them by a stream. Very beautiful back there. I followed the path by the stream for a while, slowly coming to an area with more and more signs of human presence, though I didn't see any more structures and I still haven't actually seen any people back there. It's possible my imagination was playing tricks on me, but at a certain point along the path I started feeling distinctly unwelcome, so I turned and headed back out again. Took a lot of photos (46, total) but due to the lighting it was difficult to get them to turn out well... sometimes flash was needed, and sometimes it created far too much bounceback off the surrounding vegetation. Other times it very much was not needed, and tended to make the photo both too dark and have elements too washed out by the flash. And even when I realized not to use the flash, sometimes the fading light made it a bit difficult to focus properly. Only 11 turned out well enough that I decided they were keepers.
I may go back there at some point, but now other areas are calling. For the moment I'm going to avoid the more managed parks and try to find more places like this. After walking back there for a while, when I came back out onto the paved path and proceeded up it for a bit to where it came to a well-manicured lawn calling itself a park, the difference in feel was almost palpable. Let me have the wild places. And may the forest watch over whoever lives there now... there might be quite a bit of litter in some areas, but for the most part it has a more truly natural feel than the park down the road ever will. And not all of that is necessarily the fault of the people who live there. I'm fairly certain there's a sewer pipe draining into that stream (I kept my distance from the water), and I wouldn't be surprised if a good portion of the litter comes from storm drains and other similar mechanisms. The area around the camp sites is FAR cleaner.
I may go back there at some point, but now other areas are calling. For the moment I'm going to avoid the more managed parks and try to find more places like this. After walking back there for a while, when I came back out onto the paved path and proceeded up it for a bit to where it came to a well-manicured lawn calling itself a park, the difference in feel was almost palpable. Let me have the wild places. And may the forest watch over whoever lives there now... there might be quite a bit of litter in some areas, but for the most part it has a more truly natural feel than the park down the road ever will. And not all of that is necessarily the fault of the people who live there. I'm fairly certain there's a sewer pipe draining into that stream (I kept my distance from the water), and I wouldn't be surprised if a good portion of the litter comes from storm drains and other similar mechanisms. The area around the camp sites is FAR cleaner.
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