I still have 2 more hikes to post from my Christmas Break Okefenokee hiking trip, but the turning of the calendar says it is time for my annual summary and reflection post. As I mentioned this time last year, 2018 marked my 20th year on the trail and my 20th year of writing trail descriptions. Overall, I had a fantastic time on the trail in 2018: I did 57 new hikes totaling 171.5 miles. Neither of those numbers are records, but they are both good numbers. The hikes came across 13 states plus Canada, and they included 2 new states: North Dakota and Montana. I now have only 7 more states to go to reach all 50 states.
I have another full slate of hiking trips planned for 2019, and they include trips to Mississippi, northwest Louisiana, northern/western Illinois, and coastal Maine (for what may be my final hiking trip to New England: the hiking up there is good, but that part of the country does not agree with my southern/midwestern roots). If there is a theme to my hiking trips for 2019, it would be under-the-radar hiking destinations. There are no Glacier National Parks on the agenda for this year, or at least so it seems. Of course, you never quite know how the year will go: this time last year I was not planning a trip to Wisconsin, yet I ended up spending 6 days and doing 8 hikes there.
Thank you to everyone for taking a few minutes a few times per year to read about my hikes. Happy new year, and see you on the trail in 2019!
David, aka the Mathprofhiker
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