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90 Second Escape: A Walk into Winter
Wednesday, Hump Day. The memories of your weekend adventures are too distant to cling to, the prospects of adventure over the weekend ahead too distant to ponder. To help you over these midweek blues, every Wednesday we visually take you to a place you’d probably rather be: a trail, a park, a greenway, a lake … anywhere as long as it’s not under a fluorescent bulb.
Winter: Low Expectations — and High Rewards
We like to ward off the beginning of the work-week blues with a thought about life on the outside.
Its skies are milky, indifferent. Its landscape monochromatic, a wash of grays and browns. Its weather harsh at times.And Lord knows the season is stingy with sunlight. The stuff of travel & tourism ad campaigns winter is not.
Your Weekend: It’s the most wonderful time of the year
A walk … or a hike?
We like to ward off the beginning of the work-week blues with a thought about life outdoors.
At the start of our Hike NC! hikes, I ask, “How many of you have hiked before?” An appropriate question considering the program, launched this fall, is aimed at getting newcomers on the trail.



