When the sun shines in the early days of March I sit back and smile knowing that a brand new group of northbound hikers are arriving in Georgia and taking their first steps along the 2175 mile Appalachian Trail.

So many exciting, challenging, and hard days ahead of them. I would love to be out there, living the life again. Maybe soon.

Stay warm!

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Walt Whitman:

All the past we leave behind; We debouch upon a newer, mightier world, varied world, Fresh and strong the world we seize, world of labor and the march, Pioneers! O pioneers!