The Hikes That Didn’t Fix Me

I kept thinking the next trail would be the one. Mount Si, Rattlesnake Ledge, even the muddy switchbacks of Mailbox Peak—each hike in Washington promised a reset, some kind of clarity. But at the summit, the view always looked like a screensaver and I still felt like a glitch. People say hiking clears your head. Sometimes it just turns up the volume on whatever you’re carrying. I learned the hard way: you can’t outrun your own mind, not even up 4,000 feet. But you can walk with it for a while, and sometimes that’s enough. #Travel #HikingTruths #PacificNorthwest