State of Wilderness

A mile is a long way When you’re hiking the AT in PA When the bees are buzzing near your face And you can’t keep up with your friends’ pace When sweat is dripping into your eyes And you have to walk faster or swat away flies But the rocks, my God, they are everywhere…

“Let the wild things stay wild” She says, as she reigns me back in Let them slink silently back into the forest Let them jump, leap, hop back into the brush Let them have some sanctuary A place to escape from us In Florida wetlands, a pair of sandhill cranes Crossing a stream with their…

I have been working on completing my 2022 52 Hike Challenge, and compiling my list of hikes for the year, but I realize I should make a point of documenting them on here, too. Last year I ended up hiking 60 times. Here is the list of where I went and with who: 52 Hike…