66-year-old Goes Astray While Hiking Across Appalachian Trail,2 Years Later Tv Crew Finds A Tent Half A Mile Away

By Apoorva Jha

The Forest

Gerry loved to hike deep in the woods. The sky vanishes almost completely leaving only a few blue fragments scattered like a jigsaw puzzle. The air is rich with the smell of flowers and leaves, the sound of running water is hypnotic to her ears. Outside, the summer sun is bright and warm but here in the woods, it only peaks between the dispersed branches of the thick trees.