There is something wonderful about hiking the same trail multiple times. Different weather, different trail conditions, different air..it's like reading a book for the second time and discovering something new.
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. – John Muir
It's a challenge to not think of hiking experiences as a bucket-list item to check off. Revisiting this hike over and over again has opened up my mind to the beauty of dedication and virtue of repetition.
The vastness of the Eastern Washington landscape is both calming and other-worldly. It's been good year and a half of learning it.
Each time I hike up this ridge, I appreciate a new aspect of the journey and I learn something different about myself.
