i am the lorax and i speak for the trees. the trees say "why don't you call?"

I have been hiking a lot recently. Mostly because I go back to the child mines on Monday, a job that precludes me from taking off into the woods for three hours on a random Tuesday morning. Partly because the local silviculture plot just opened up 700 acres for public exploration (with the caveat "do not enter unless you have orienteering and wilderness experience," because there are absolutely no…