For a couple of years, I've been blogging at Today's Wilderness Journey about healing after sexual and domestic violence. If you are coming here from my other Journey, then you'll know that spending time in nature is an important part of the healing process for me. I will continue to talk on TWJ about that journey, but this blog is dedicated to a different kind of journey - travels in real-time, in real places, not the wilderness of the heart-mind-soul.
I've always loved hiking, and have intended for a long time to do a lot of it. Unfortunately, I've been dependent on others to go with me so that I did not feel isolated, alone, or unsafe. Well, things change! In my progressive work on healing, I have discovered within myself the ability and desire for self-protection. In other words, I'm not afraid of going on my own anymore. I will be using this space to talk about my time in nature, how it relates to and improves my life, and to show off my pictures. I expect to have companions some of the time, mostly my friend Tucker. He loves hiking, and like me, he sometimes moves a little slow. Our pace is likely to be mutually agreeable.
This weekend's planned hike is to Carver's Gap, above Roan Mountain. Weather permitting, of course. Notes and pictures should follow sometime after Saturday night.
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