Opening Doors
Hiking and Family
By: Ivette O’Sullivan
On beautiful September and October days, there’s nothing like a robust hike to bring the family together for equal measures of fun, exercise, and nature awareness. The opportunity to learn firsthand about the natural environment, and rediscover each other under conditions other than frenetic mealtimes and the burgeoning pressures of work and school, is one of the season’s gifts. While a challenge may bring you closer together, identifying individual needs, goals, and limitations before mapping out a course that accommodates everyone will make for a fun, attainable, successful family hike, and provide incentive for the next one...