Path to Nowhere

I've been enjoying the walking path at work for several years now, so it was a bit of a surprise that I just recently noticed this. Last week this "path" caught my eye. As you walk the asphalt path, it appears just off the north of the path, heading off to an area that officially is a bit of a wetland, but is dry just now. Funny I never noticed it before. Perhaps it was the lighting or color of the changing leaves and grasses, but it just "jumped out" at me. I imagine it's an old path or lane from the days - not so long ago - that the site was a farm.

Then a few feet further along the path, I noticed barbed wire stuck in a big old tree - another remnant from the farm days. The picture might not do it justice, but it is embedded near the bottom.