End of Year Wrap – 2025

By the Numbers- 

Steps – 5,113,235

Trail miles – 650

Paved path miles – 772

Total miles – 2,422

Birds ID’ed – 175

Wildflowers ID’ed – 159

Butterflies ID’ed – 37

Weeks in a Boot – 7

The story of 2025

Last year was interrupted by a couple of significant lifestyle changes. First, there was the fact that I was still working through my ‘new reality’ with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Then, there was the partially torn Achilles tendon in March. That sidelined me on and off for 7 weeks over the spring and summer months. Finally, there was a slight change in work/life balance that kept me from getting away for a few days at time during the best parts of the field season. These factors contributed to my having a very low count for all three of my search objects- Birds, Wildflowers, and Butterflies. 

I’m hopeful that as I learn to live with RA, take better care of my muscles, tendons, and joints, and reduce my workload a bit, I should be able to see more species this year.