I joined the LMGT to get some outdoor time & exercise while meeting nice folks. After some time with the group I find Lyda’s enthusiasm and optimism infectious & it eggs me on to try and do more for the group. Hopefully bring some of my other skill sets in to help the group reach a wider audience. After all it is a commendable effort to bring urban sedentary folks out to nature and for that I salute the good people here. I hope to learn more about our local parks / eco systems. More about volunteer work and its invariable hurdles in our area. More from different nice people in different walks of life through conversations and observation. My hopes for the future that I’d like to see are practical and sustainable ways for people to stay healthy by enjoying outdoor activities such as the group promotes, eat nutritious food locally grown, minimize outside effects on our eco systems, look for practical and sustainable solutions for nature and industrial progress to co-exist with each other with a well managed risk mitigation plan. It is indeed foolish to think that we can live without either, so to look forward to a lasting marriage of these elements…
