More hiking

The spring weather has brought out my hiking group. We're fair weather hikers, I guess :). A group of ladies decided last year to start hiking together on trails in our neighbourhood. All last spring, summer and fall we hiked 3-4 times every week. Over the winter the group slowly went into hibernation as the cold and snow increased. Now that the sun is shining so gloriously, the weather is warmer, the trees are blooming and the hills are starting to look green with the unfurling of new leaves, the huffing heifers or holy cows, as one member wanted to name our group, are back on the trail. Just for the record, the rest of us vetoed the aforementioned names. It would have been entirely impossible to look someone in the eye and ask, 'Would you like to hike with us? We call ourselves the huffing heifers." As of today's date, we have no name. The beauty of the hiking group is the camaraderie, the community, the female solidarity in nature and the health benefits. At least two members of our group are cancer survivors and every time we hike, I think of our steps as being steps towards the goal of maintaining health. The past two weeks have brought a total of 30 miles on the trail. I love hiking!!