Upon returning from Patagonia, with the biggest of big trips in the rear view mirror, my husband and I decided it was time to take the plunge. Two weeks ago, a 12-week-old puppy joined our family and, to say the least, she has really stirred things up. We are giddy in love with Banksy, and her presence in our home feels like the untethered fervor of spring manifest in four legs, a wet nose and an incessantly wagging tail.
Spring is universally beheld as a time of birth, growth and optimism. We await longer, warmer days on the trails which will fuel the spirit and, much like a puppy’s bubbling energy, excitement over the coming of those days is just barely contained.
Here at MTF, spring fever is growing. The crew is glad to shed winter layers and turn attention to big, juicy summer projects. Soon enough, we’ll start on a major restoration of some of Round Valley’s winter-blasted double track, begin clearing deadfall from trail corridors on the mountain and tend to much needed maintenance in the King’s Crown area trails and beyond. But until then, we’ll enjoy respite from the cold and look forward to the coming of a new season.
While we’re collectively reveling in this vernal moment, please join me in commending and encouraging the MTF trail crew for sustaining positive attitudes through another long, cold winter, for going above and beyond as always, and for embracing the approach of yet another season of hard work. . . work that makes a big difference to an entire community of trail lovers.
Here’s to the crew, the joys of spring. . . and puppies!
Lora Anthony,
Executive Director
