Nolan Trail 2-Amber Matkowski

As I walked on the trail I felt total serenity. I was there with one I loved and I felt as if nothing could ever go wrong in such a stunning place. It was quiet and so we didn’t speak much. We didn’t need to because the beauty of the place spoke for itself. We walked slowly and took in everything around us. A squirrel stood just about ten feet away from us. Because we were so quiet it didn’t notice as we approached it. It wasn’t until we were only about three feet away that the squirrel ran off. I felt a strong sense of trust in the wilderness. The habitants of the wilderness trust its visitors to treat it well. We trust that the wilderness will always be there as a healing place for us, as long as we don’t harm it. As we continued our walk on the trail, I felt as if we would never find our way back. All I could see was trees and pond, and I quickly forgot that just beyond the trees was a college campus. The campus is chaotic and the wilderness is calm. It amazed me that two things so different, could be so close without interrupting the environment of one another.