It’s the little things that mean a lot to me while I’m hiking, so I tend to look up, down, and around me in every direction and dawdle a lot, to the consternation of friends who feel that hiking is all about getting to the destination rather than reveling in the journey.
I was on a guided hike out of Montreat, NC during the Southeastern Trails Symposium some years ago when I happened across this snail flicker of movement among the mosses draped over fallen logs on Big Butt Mountain, where the Mountains to Sea Trail and the Appalachian Trail intersect.
Pine Grove Reflections