I decided that I only like nature when it’s not summer. I usually love nature. I have fond memories of hiking, biking, camping, skiing, etc. with my family when I was young. So, today I went for a hike on the biology trail. It’s overgrown, vacant, and has a lot of hilly trails. I’ve hiked them many times in the last 5 years, but never in the summer.
First of all, the 100% humidity of southern TN makes it feel like a sweaty armpit. I overlooked this, though, and trudged ahead. To my dismay, I cleared out EVERY single spiderweb in the entire forest. My face bulldozed the first one, and as soon as I wiped it off with the corner of my shirt I hit the next. Then by the time I got my eyes back open from cleaning that off, a nat flew into my eye. This cycle recurred throughout the hike and so I just went home to take a shower.
So, until frost bites–those spiderwebs can just grow because I’ll be leaving them alone.
