Thank you so much for your compliment about the post. I also need to go to the forest often. I used to go every weekend but I have been dealing with some health issues and I had to sparse my visits. I used to leave in the country so I have an open road that ends in a little Grove and pond and I walk it all times a week. Still when I get the chance to go further and off grid it is like therapy to me even if I can't and such long hikes as I did before,for now
Ps. I still dream about watching the Northern Lights with my own eyes.
All the best back to you too

Ps2. I understand what you mean about trying to forget for a moment the current turmoil of the world. It is not ignoring it but sometimes we need just to let go for a moment of ground again or to worry and concern and the stress can become poison