Copy shortlink: Keep close to Nature s heart . Wash your spirit clean, suggested wilderness giant John Muir.
You needn t disappear into the woods for a week, but Friday (or sometime this month) is an ideal opportunity to embrace Muir s timely and timeless advice, to wash clean of 2020 through a stop outdoors.
Consider a First Day Hike, a New Year s Day tradition in the spirit of renewal.
The initial First Day Hike can be traced to Massachusetts in the early 1990s, the brainchild of a Massachusetts state park manager motivated to get visitors to the parks during winter. The hikes became an initiative of the National Association of State Park Directors, aka America s State Parks, in 2012, and have since been a staple at several Minnesota state parks and recreation areas.