Saturday was National Trails Day, an American Hiking Society (AHS) event held each June to celebrate trails. AHS holds about 1,200 events around the country, and Alesha and I attended the "signature event" at Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge and State Park in Virginia.
Alesha and I showed our support of the great outdoors by putting on the AHS tattoos. We posed for a photo of us, but the photographer only captured our arms.
"Signature event" means that every land agency gave a speech, and there were Girl Scouts.
U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA 11) spoke. He's a supporter of trails, including new national legislation (HR 1912, Complete America's Great Trails Act.)
Seth helped put on the event.
A large part of National Trails Day is bringing communities together at these sites in order to spend a day maintaining the trails and to learn about hiking opportunities. We decided to hike. Thanks to everybody else for working on the trails! ...We left early to go to another park to paddle.
A large part of National Trails Day is bringing communities together at these sites in order to spend a day maintaining the trails and to learn about hiking opportunities. We decided to hike. Thanks to everybody else for working on the trails! ...We left early to go to another park to paddle.
At Westmoreland State Park, Virginia, we celebrated Alesha's first kayak excursion at the mouth of the Potomac and along Horsehead Cliffs.
She was a pro.
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