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Desire Paths

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Desire paths Desire paths can be paths created as a consequence of erosion caused by human or animal foot-fall or traffic. The paths usually represent the shortest or most easily navigated routes between origins and destinations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_path

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[โ€“] Bonus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Along with picking up mountain/gravelbiking/cycling past few years, yes, absolutely, one of the most gratifying accidental discoveries in my lifetime. I only started doing it because our local managing agencies left the neighborhood park a shambles. It was closed for quite a while. Wound up using my historical GPS data to retrace some favorite segments and now I'm hooked. I grew up outdoors in a big way but lived in cities for decades. Completely lost touch with this part of my soul. I'm currently clearing coyote trails so we can walk through the maze behind my mom's property so I'm now getting in at least a little walk every day. I see wildlife all the time. Can blather on forever about it.