Night and the Woods

Beautiful night for the Woods. Full moon floating high in a sky filled with clouds, mild night temp, low 60's and moderate wind, enough to stir the trees but not chill. I went for a walk at 9:40, three hours after sunset.
I started in at the NE Gate ascending the Tree Loop trail heading south and wondering about the sound. The sound of highway traffic permeated all through the Woods, growling, thundering, roaring almost non-stop. Until the light turns red and drivers slow their cars and wait a minute to again unleash their roaring engines.
I wondered how far I would need to walk away from the road until the sound of the crickets trilling was as loud as the sound of the cars. I was surprised. I walked all the way to the south end of the Tree Loop, down the slope to the Wash across westward to the North South Trail and south along it to the far southern side of the Woods. Traffic was becoming more distant and somewhat quieter but still each pulse of traffic was easily discernible. I walked SW behind the shelter of a low long tree-covered dune and sat on a comfortable old branch from the big bur oak fallen there. There the trilling crickets were almost as loud as the highway.. almost.
The trees along the south boundary were impacted by the tornado-like wind moving along the southern boundary.