final draft: author's note

          I was really pretty exited about how this turned out. My final draft is complete, and since there were not very many comments or revisions submitted through workshopping, I turned to the other first-person sources I could refer to. I sent the draft I had to the people closest to me that have also experienced the trail system to get a little feedback about what I as missing when I tried to capture the essence of the trail.  I think I originally missed out on the seasonal nature of the trail and the landscape. I added a little bit more about how there were so many people I saw on the first cool day of summer I caught - and tried to imagine how the trail will look in a few weeks when the leaves change and how quiet the trail will sit when it rains, snows, or with any other inclement weather event.  I also wanted to get in a solid conclusion and really put out an argument for why I love the trail and why other people should (hopefully) feel the same. I made a big proofreading effort, and I tried to diversify my sentence structure from the repetitive nature it had before.