For 199 days maddening days, a health issue has prevented me from hiking or doing trail maintenance, two of my favorite activities. But this weekend I celebrated the beginning of winter with a day with Georgia Appalachian Trail Club friends doing trail maintenance on the Duncan Ridge Trail putting in steps on a very steep incline. Then Sunday I was finally back on a hiking trail! Ten miles to the Len Foote Hike Inn and back with friends. You don’t realize how much you miss hiking until you can’t do it. But I’m back, and it sure felt good to slip on my old backpack and take a walk in the woods.
