The big picture of my first half of 2021 included mostly day trips (mostly for hiking and cross country skiing) to local nature preserves and Pennsylvania State Parks in the earlier months, followed by longer, week long paddling trips to Mississippi, Florida, Maine, and northern Pennsylvania in later spring. In the second half of the year, I was able to hike and paddle beautiful wilderness and water trails in Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, North Carolina, and a couple of New England states. Oh yeah, and there was an epic three month trip to the state of Washington! I finished up the year with a long overdue "Family and Friends Tour" through southern Ontario. The common themes in most of my travel destinations boil down to doing fun stuff like hiking, biking, and paddling along beautiful waterways and in magnificent parks. I get to immerse myself in nature a lot, and am often able to share parts of those experiences with old and new friends I meet a...