#Walk April 19

by Coach4aday · April 19, 2022

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Today’s featured word for the 30-Day Quotation Challenge is WALK.

Covid created lots of upticks in things people began engaging in. One of them is walking especially on trails in nature. Many of those trails used to be railroad lines. There has been a big movement in the US to convert old railroad tracks into hiking and cycling pathways. They have a nickname for that transition, and it is called “Rail to Trail”. Just a FYI Saturday April 23rd is Trail Day.

Hiking in Nature

Science has documented that going for a nature WALK is one of the most effective ways to feel calmer, to help improve your overall health, and even to stimulate creativity.

Physically, a brisk walk outside gets your muscles moving, blood flowing, and your lungs breathing fresh air. The sunshine on your skin helps facilitate the creation of the essential Vitamin D.

Rail to Trail Info

I got reading other people’s blogs and stumbled across a site called TravelwithJun. The author is June and she wrote about the longest rail to trail in the US, the Katy Trail. Here is the link

The longest trail is mostly located in Missouri but it spills across other states. There are Rail to Trails in just about every state including North Carolina.

I have a friend named Windy Christy who hails from Rutherford County. There is a 13-mile rail-trail that connects small towns in her home county. It used to be the Thermal Belt Railway. Today it goes by the name Thermal Belt Rail-Trail and follows the path of a railroad line with roots as far back as the Civil War.

In addition to Thermal there are 31 total rail-trails in North Carolina. These 31 trails cover over 125 miles. Existing right away has been established for another 21 rail-trail projects currently in the works.

If you want to find a Rail to TRAIL site near you there is a website for that. I did a search for me and the closest TRAIL is Cape Fear River TRAIL in Fayetteville.