Fresh look

I had never hiked any of the Northville-Placid Trail’s 135 miles before the morning of Nov. 15. I had no expectations. I was coming back from two weeks of traveling, and I was excited to get back to the land I call home, upstate New York. What better way to acclimate to the world around you, than literally grounding yourself on the earth underneath? I woke up late and rushed to the trailhead.

Once out of the car at the parking area at Benson, I immediately felt enamored by the