Story: I didn’t get a huge opportunity yesterday to write the story here. In fact I had had such a dramatic morning that I entirely missed the tracking of the section from Holy Hill Road on down so I’m re tracking that now. Though I enjoy being in nature to enjoy her, .. sometimes she simply and purely offers me comfort and support, as she did yesterday. Too much to rehash but let’s just say I prayed for the answer to a question and the answer quickly unraveled itself from driving to the trailhead and all the way through the entire length of yesterdays trail. Thankyou Mother Earth for disclosing the answer… The delivery is often hard but necessary and always in a way that we will understand. Animals today: mosquitos, ground hog, cardinals, 2 red-tailed hawks, sandhill cranes, bluebird, pheasant People on trail: 2 Highlights: serenity, plain and simple. Kindness of a stranger: A runner offering me shelter at her home as it looks lime bad weather approaching. Lows: mosquitos biting even with natural repellant on