THIS IS IT! Todays hike finished the Little Loop for April and I! Wendy has already done it, but came along to support our largely unobserved event, except for a few ducks and geese… We walked from Wilbeth Rd trailhead to Barberton trailhead to achieve this milestone- it gave us ALL something positive we could look back on with satisfaction during this COVID shrouded year. The fact that it was a cold, gloomy day along a stretch of the towpath that nobody would call scenic did not dampen our spirits. We spent most of our hike debating the skills/stupidity of contestants on our latest TV binge series- ALONE- which Wendy got us hooked on, and we all agreed our own survival skills would not even get us to the first night before we’d ‘tap out’. It was interesting to look at the houses along the canal to see how some people embraced their location and took advantage of their backyard waterway, while others completely ignored it. In the end, we ate our lunch as usual after this brief hike and decided our next milestone would be crossing 400 miles hiked, leaving about 1000 left to go…that should be achievable sometime this year… dare I say easily? HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
