The trail stays perpetually flooded through this section, but that’s okay. You balance atop woven roots and rock as you make your way through the woods. The air is thick with the smell of wet leaves and stone. The sunlight filters through the dense canopy surrounding you. The forest hums with an energetic quiet that you can find only in these old mountains, so rich with life.

An Appalachian Forest, North Carolina.

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