New North Trail

The Escarpment Trail from the new North Gate was looking good this morning after our brief 15 hundredths of an inch of rain overnight. The cicadas were singing loudly and there was a wonderful wet decomposing fertile litter smell in the air. There were maybe a dozen Micrathena spider webs across the trail but otherwise the trail was in good shape. The trimmed brier and other forbs had not retaken the trail.. still clear walking all the way south to the big walnut above the Burr Oak Bridge. Removed 4 ticks when I returned home.