Three complete strangers on separate solo hikes meet atop Bear Mountain in Salisbury Connecticut. Todd, is visiting from Michigan to celebrate his parents’ 50th wedding anniversary, and Bear Mountain marked his 30th summit peak destination over a course of nearly 10 years. Kayla, is a mother of 6 children under the age 14, who was giving some time to herself today. We’d never met before, and probably will never meet again, but in that moment, we spoke like old friends as we gazed out over the majestic landscape. I love hiking, because I never know what I’ll find, or who I’ll meet, along the trail.
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