Leila Barber- Noland Trail

For class one day we ventured out on the Noland Trail. We met at the Lions Bridge where I go quite frequently. It is always beautiful and peaceful there. The most intrusive thing I notice when I am out there is this beautiful area by the river and every so often the loud, low flying planes of the military that fly by. I am usually out there around sunset when everything is very calm, it is strange to see the planes come across such a nice setting. It shows the disruption of mankind on nature. When we were walking around on the trail I noticed the variety of plants both dead and alive. The vines that survive by climbing gracefully throughout branches of trees; not to suffocate them but merely to compliment. The low bushes and shrubs that surround the dirt trail, accent the high trees that tower over everything else, and the different array of budding flowers all come together in harmony. Life is a natural cycle that cannot be tamed, everything has its duration on this planet, no matter how long or short and that is out of our control.