11.August.2022 [Tweddle/Treat Farms, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: evening hike with James, 8:45p-10:30p] I rarely plan a hike in advance. When we both have an ache to be outside and a serendipitous moment of free time, we go. I think through the list of options (always limited by the available time) and choose our adventureContinue reading “to the moon”
Category Archives: Leelanau County
in hindsight
30. July. 2022 [Cathead Bay Trails, Leelanau State Park: hike with James, 11:15-12:20pm] The last time we walked this trail, there was six inches of powdery snow on the ground. The trees were bare, and the sun shone through to the forest floor. It was January 1, 2020, and the New Year was full ofContinue reading “in hindsight”
fruits of labor and beauty
14. May. 2017 [Tweddle & Treat Farms, SBDNL: hike with James, 2:30-4:45pm] Walking through the tall grass in these fields that have gone fallow, it’s easy to get the sensation of walking in two places at once – the present and the past. The self-sowing perennials have lived on long past the homesteaders who plantedContinue reading “fruits of labor and beauty”
J.T. McKinney 