Mount Discovery Part 1

Stone Steps from Driveway Photo by Author

It was the Saturday of Labor Day weekend. My children had already returned to school, but not me, not this year. About seven in the morning, I found a well-worn walking stick in the coat room of my grandparent’s house. I moved quietly, conscious that my aunt and uncle were still asleep. I put on my hiking boots, trying to ignore the stiffness in my back from the muscle I had strained several days earlier. Walking quickly across the gravel driveway…