Watersmeet Woods

This morning I felt like photographing a forest I hadn't been to before, 

and so I tried biking far away westward but I was sick so while biking

 down Winnetka Avenue I decided to stop at an alternative trail into

 Watersmeet Woods, which I think is essentially the Northfield 

extension of Erickson Woods. It rained earlier so there was a mild fog 

and and the dirt path turned into mud and there were spiders 

everywhere and the small streams branching throughout the 

woods had flooded a bit (which is probably why I found some crayfish

 in the middle of the forest).

The hike was very uncomfortable because of the mud path and 

wooden bridges that were made out of logs which sunk into the 

mud when I stepped onto them. The light was pretty awful for

 taking pictures, but I managed to get some interesting shots. I'm sure

 the woods are fine when it hasn't rained; there was a nice 

isolated camp site near the end of the trail. 

Northfield

Taken in March 2012