I live in an older neighborhood and right out side our gate is a pond. There is a trail that leads to it . It is a single path that leads from one side to the other. However while exploring with my best friend Demi, we realized there is so much more than we thought. The pond area used to be maintained by the city of San Marcos but it isn't now. We were on the main trail but realized there were other ones hidden in between the bushes and shrubbery. We followed the trails made by the people before us walking so much that the plants did not grow back in. Demi and I took one path that lead us to an old viewing area. It was a large stone plato that overlooked the valley where the pond was. It was very interesting to me because it was man made and yet it was covered with graffiti and over run with plants. I oddly liked it because it felt like when civilization and management fail man will do with it what they want but the plants over run everything. It makes me think that this is what life would be like if there was an epidemic of some sort. It would turn into old ruins, yet not completely abandoned. There would still be signs of humans but no one actually there, like the old viewing area. Demi and I then noticed another smaller path attacting to that one which we followed and we ended up at a swing on a huge tree. Someone found it and decided to tie a rope and wooden seat. We obviously tested its strength then decided it was secure enough to ride. We rode it and it was actually really fun. We were able to push off of the lower branch and gain a lot of speed. It was really fun and exciting but also thrilling because there was poison oak underneath us so there was risk involved. I really loved venturing out and finding some really fascinating places. I haven't been back there yet, but I plan on going very soon. Seeing that place fills me with a certain kind of joy, like things may be broken and old but it has charm to it. Hidden behind the bushes is a place few have yet to discover, I am glad I am one of the few who have.
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February 2014
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