Wandering in the Wild Wood

Dear Reader,

           When we were little my cousin Tate and I always had vivid imaginations. Whenever she was in town we explored, traveled, and investigated everything together. Our only limits were our wild imaginations. Today we are traveling the world together, exploring the woods, investigating wildlife, and imagining the stories behind all the magical places we're seeing.  

The Wanderess Wandering in the Wild Woods

           Today was a beautiful day. It was freezing cold and raining almost the entire day. There are only two buses to town on Saturdays: one really early in the morning and another really late in the evening. Basically if you want to go into town on Saturday you will have to be there all day. This morning, Tate road her bike into town to get groceries to make lunch. While she did that I made a video log for my close friends and family to watch.

            I did a bit more writing today as well, mostly brainstorming. After Tate got back we visited for a little while and ate some delicious chicken fajitas that she made. Then we decided to go for a walk to explore some of the woods around the village. On our way out of the village we picked some tiny apples from a tree on the side of the road and they tasted so good. It was still freezing and rainy but everything was so beautiful that we hardly noticed. We were exploring and wandering for about 3 hours.

           The first place we saw was an old building that had graffiti all over it. Someone had written "Way in the Hell" on the window.  We think it was supposed to say 'way into hell'. We knocked but no one answered. Apparently the devil wasn't home.  

 

"Way in the Hell"

            Then we went on this dirt path off the main road and found some pretty interesting wildlife out there. Every place we saw and every creature we discovered got a new more exciting name. In our explorations we met some incredibly kind critters, found some yummy fresh fruit, and some amazing places. I took over 117 pictures on our little adventure hike, but I’m only going to share the highlights with you. 

This is Harold the Sunset Slug.
We both got to pet him,
but then he got scared so we left him alone. 

This is Mud the Crawler Beetle.
He was originally thought to be
a swimmer beetle but then he almost drowned
so we changed his name.

          After we reached the pavement we got to a cross road and took the path that looked less traveled. It was covered in mud from the rain. 

Tate choosing the right

We found an old barn and the door was unlocked.

We explored it.

Then we climbed onto the hay and explored upstairs.

Tate in the second floor of the barn

Me in the barn

          We broke into a really old barn. Yeah, I realized that sounds bad, but we found what looked like an abandoned barn in the middle of the woods, which was in total disrepair and it just happened to be unlocked. How could we resist? After we explored the cool barn and took a ton of pictures in there. We made our way back to the village.

The road back to the village

         The whole journey through the woods which we have now deemed the Wild Wood, was approx. 7 kilometers. and we were thoroughly soaked through from the rain when we got back to the house, but it was totally worth it. I feel fantastic. It was beautiful and inspiring. I am amazed by how easy it is to love this place. There isn't much to do here but everything is so magical. My writing has taken off and I feel closer to reaching my goals everyday. All is well in Germany, but I suggest to all of you back home that you find a place a little cooler to go on an exploration expedition. Or just wander, you never know what you might find. 

     Love Always,
          The Wanderess