The woods are where I love to be. Shocking for any long-time RideApart readers, I know. But the woods and I share something I'd never give up, and that's the tranquility of being apart from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and civilization.
The woods are where I go to re-center myself when life gets chaotic or when the news is just too oppressive to deal with. It's where I got to calm my inner demons, quiet my mind, go for a ride, hike, or hunt, and try to feel more human again. And it helps. At least, I feel like it does.
So whenever others can enjoy that capability of reducing one's stress, through the creation of new trails, routes, or access to public lands, I'm all for it. And I'm especially for the good work that the folks over at Backcountry Discovery Routes do all across the United States, including trail cleanups, advocating for public lands, and building new routes, the latter of which the group recently teased coming to the South East.
And it's coming soon.
