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Birthday Hike 2021

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To say 2021 came with high expectations is an understatement. To say that 2021 has met said expectations is also an understatement. It depends on the expectations. The expectations were to continue to slow down time, to hold on to each moment, to live life in the crevices of yearning and achievement, joy and pain.

Birthday in 2021 was all about that. I revisited the NCT up in McConnells Hill State Park. Take the Slippery Gorge Trail which is a 6 mile hike purportedly takes 6 hours for the out and back. It starts with the rocks that form Walnut Basin. Thanks to snow from the last week and the well used trails, the rocks were really icy. I really regretted not taking my husbands advice on the ice-tracks. I did about 3 out and back, took the Kildoo Trail which was gorgeous on the way back. The gurgle of the Allegheny River all through and hide and seek with the sun made for a perfect hike, even though I managed only 3 ish miles in 3 hours.

Frozen Waterfall on the Kildoo Trail
Looking out into the river
Follow the blue blazes for the NCT on Slippery Gorge Trail

Trying to capture the sun
Thank god I didn’t take this trail


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