Lacing Up Our Hiking Boots and Hitting the Trails

Another activity we missed while spending most of the past year in Mexico was hiking. There are plenty of hikeable spots in the Mexican highlands, of course, but in flat Playa del Carmen, most of the "hiking" involved stepping up the sometimes substantial concrete street curbs.  We longed for woodland hikes, and since starting our RV trek, we have taken some good ones.

​​​It has been great lacing up our old hiking boots, pulling out our trusty trekking poles, and hearing, smelling, and seeing all that a lush, green forest has to offer.  The birds, the streams, the sound of the wind in the leaves...ahhhh.   Besides the ticks -- there have been plenty of those as well.  This seems to be a banner year for them.  And chiggers!  I'd forgotten all about those little spawn of the devil, but I'm covered with welts and have been itching like crazy.  I guess this is the price we pay for living in the woods this time of year.  (Note:  It's still worth it.)

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In the Talladega National Forest in Alabama, we hiked the Coleman Lake Loop Trail and part of the Pinhoti Trail

​So, as summer fast approaches and insects become even more numerous, our hiking days will be winding down for awhile, but we'll certainly get back to more of this in the fall.  

​I can't wait.