For the benefit of those who are not on Facebook and not connected with my wife Heidi's very active Facebook feed (or whatever that's called), we have been spending a lot more time in the woods than normal. When I say "we" ... that would be mostly my family. I'm not a big fan of technical hiking, given my being a perpetual "falling hazard." Heidi and our younger kids have been doing more hikes than I have. Anyway, here are two pictures, one from a hike in the woods near our house (our excitable dogs joined us, Joey was still down at Stony Brook emptying out his dorm room) and the other from a rather strenuous hike at Fishkill Ridge on Saturday (too many rocks and steep descents for this old guy, oooof!). Things are a bit icy and muddy now, but we'll aim to keep getting out there.
In a side note, I received a rather depressing email from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy urging us to
stay off the AT until further notice. Apparently, trailheads have been overrun with cars and some trails are jam-packed, contradicting the social distancing edict. Sheesh, even the woods are being restricted.
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