This summer, I'm going to be leading some guided section  hikes along the Walking City Trail. I'm thrilled to share the guided hike dates and the event signup page for the first  of these hikes!

Sun 7/10 - Walking City Trail Section 1 Hike
Sat 7/23 - Walking City Trail Section 2 Hike
Sat 8/13 - Walking City Trail Section 3 Hike
Sat 8/27 - Walking City Trail Section 4 Hike

In the spirit of hiking, these guided hikes will be happening rain or shine! (Unless, you know, we're dealing with hurricanes or deadly heat waves.) We'll meet on a Saturday morning at the trailhead of the section we're going to hike,  we'll commence the hike with plenty of stops for food, bathrooms, and checking out local oddities, and we'll finish  hiking in the early afternoon. 

It's been one week since the Walking City Trail website launched and already, I've started receiving emails and texts from folks who've hiked sections of the trail or even knocked off the whole thing!
The first person to report finishing the entire trail in one go is a hiker by the name of Brett who sent me a message via the trail website over the weekend. Similar reports have rolled in from Twitter.

The trail has also been featured in two additional reported stories. First, Grecia White met up with me for an hike along Section 3 of the Walking City Trail and penned this story for streetsblogMASS.

I also linked up with Will Katcher along Section 4 of the trail, right outside the Massachusetts state house, and his trail story for MassLive just went online, expanding  press coverage beyond Boston.

Thank you, Grecia and Will, and thanks to all the local journalists and producers who've helped put the Walking City Trail on the map for Boston area residents and visitors! The city hikers are coming.

Hello, friends.

This photo wasn't actually  taken along the Walking City Trail proper. What you see above is the very short  dirt path that connects from the MBTA's Capen Street trolley stop to the Harvest River Bridge, where the Walking City Trail officially begins.  All of this is explained in the Section 1 trail directions, which some of you have probably downloaded today as the Walking City Trail website officially launches! 

I've been running on  mediocre sleep and a lot of hastily scrapped-together meals for the last few days, finishing the website while also juggling my freelance writing duties. But I'm excited to share two early pieces of Walking City Trail press.

The first is an interview that I did with Jim Braude and Margery Eagan of WGBH's Boston Public Radio, aka  "Jim and Margery." CLICK HERE to listen to our conversation and read the recap.