Salado Creek Greenway, Oakwell Trailhead, North

Walking north towards Loop 410

It was a perfect morning for a walk today. Considering South Texas is seven months into an extreme drought, I was pleased to see that the greenway was very green. As a matter of fact, there was every shade of green one can imagine. Even the one spider I saw was green.

To quote from Henry David Thoreau: "The West of which I speak is but another name for the Wild, and what I have been preparing to say is, that in Wildness is the preservation of the World. Every tree sends its fibers forth in search of the Wild. The cities import it at any price. Men plow and sail for it. From the forest and wilderness come the tonics and barks which brace mankind."

This is a true urban forest. For those who take the time to wander its trails, to enter its presence and allows it to enter one's being, it is a tonic that truly braces one's soul.