
In the summer of 2016, when you were very small, we took you hiking almost every weekend. The youngest one was only a few months old, so dad and I took turns with the backpack. We took you to a new trail each time, and over the course of the summer, the Oregon landscape welcomed you from the Volcanos outside of Bend to the haystack rocks of the central coast. We only partially knew how good it would be for you, and for us.