2020 has been hard. We have been fortunate that all of us are safe, but the continuous stress of rising cases and deaths has been tiring. Online school isn't great, however hard everyone tries. Still, one good thing that came out of this year - we managed to keep up our hikes through this year - indeed, they have been the brightest spot of each week, and the only thing that helped us to mark the passage of time. Covid-19 isn't going away anytime soon, but the vaccines are arriving and going into 2021, there is a sense of hope - hope that less people will fall sick, workplaces and schools will reopen. I don't know when we will be able to take a vacation/road trip again, but till then, we plan to continue to go on our weekly outings (masked et al.) and share the memories here. Looking forward to a safer and saner 2021!