When I walk through these woods, I start off on the trail, but the fun adventure lies off the trail, by foot.  So I go through the thick brush to see things I've never seen.  I'm in undiscovered (by me) parts of my friends property and I have no idea what awaits my feet.  I can't see the ground because of all the overgrowth. All I see are leaves,fallen branches, overgrown plants and the darkness beneath.  Will I step in sloppy mud that pulls my boot down inside it and trips me up? Will I step on a slick log? For all I know I could be stepping on a criiter.  And this is every single step!  Am I on a level of dirt blocked in by a fallen log only to cross that log and fall into a hole?  The only sounds I can hear are the dogs running around and the water from the stream crawling away in the distance.  

I would say one of the most facinating aspect of being in th evergreens of Shelton, WA is that from out of nowhere, a sloppy mudpuddle will just be there.