Appalachian Trail…It’s been awhile.

Years, to be exact. I can’t blame living in Arizona for five years as my only excuse for not hitting the AT at some point since college.

It was, however, a homecoming. I adore the east coast in the summer. I like the humidity. So stepping into the shadowing forest, lush with dampness and green, I felt I was truly home after a long journey.

I spent last summer in Rock Creek Park and the C&0 Canal along the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. An almost wilderness tempered with the traffic and continual flow of people along the trails.

The AT is different. A little more remote. Much more challenging. Much more like home.

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