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Fun Hikes in Maryland

Kendall Concini joins Lauren on Her Side of the Trail to discuss some of her favorite Maryland hikes and what motivates her to get out on the trails. Some of the hikes include the Billy Goat Trail and Maryland Heights. Kendall also discusses what it’s like hiking with young kids and how they factor into which trail they choose.
Children’s Books About Mental Health

Kendall was inspired by her time outside with her kids to write a children’s book series focusing on mental health, but putting it into terms that kids can understand. Her first book, Mom’s Cloud and the Beach Adventure is available for purchase now. Listeners can use code PODCASTLOVE to get a special set of stickers FREE with their purchase!
What We Talk About This Episode
[00:01:17] Outdoor Focused Childhood: Kendall shares how she spent a lot of time exploring the outdoors as a kid
[00:03:56] Billy Goat Trail: Kendall describes her favorite hiking trail in Maryland
[00:06:47] History and Maryland Heights: Kendall talks about how her experience hiking Maryland Heights and the history she learned before and while on the trail
[00:09:33] Kid-Friendly Trail: Kendall shares her favorite kid-friendly hiking trails in Maryland
[00:10:43] Trails With Steps: Kendall talks about steep trails and trails with steps and what techniques she’s used to make them easier on the body
[00:13:23] Hiking While Pregnant: Kendall reminisces about her experiences when hiking while pregnant
[00:14:40] More Maryland Hikes: Kendall and Lauren discuss other great hiking trails in Maryland
[00:16:50] Hiking Motivation: Kendall explains some of the reasons she likes to get out on the trails
[00:20:58] Children’s Book: Kendall describes her new children’s book series discussing mental health
Kendall Concini (00:00)
And the thing I love about that trail is on the one mile like steep uphill, there’s a sign like halfway.
that says President Lincoln and his men carried cannons up this hill. And so you were like, you just stopped complaining and sweating and you’re like, I don’t have a cannon.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (00:24)
Today I’m speaking with Kendall Conchini. Kendall is an avid hiker and she lives in Maryland. So she shares a lot of her favorite trails in Maryland, which you’d be surprised that there’s some really good hiking trails in Maryland.
Kendall is also a new author, so we touch a little bit on her first book, Mom’s Cloud and the Beach Adventure, which is available for purchase now. So let’s get into it.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (00:47)
Hi Kendall, thank you so much for joining me today. How’s it going?
Kendall Concini (00:52)
It is great. It is like perfect fall weather. So I’ve been outside today.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (00:56)
Yeah, it was
nice day today. That reminds me, where are you located?
Kendall Concini (01:01)
I’m in Maryland.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (01:03)
Where in Maryland are you?
Kendall Concini (01:05)
a little under Baltimore in like, Severn, so perfect location to kind of get to a bunch of different locations but have our little quiet neighborhood.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (01:14)
That’s nice. So you’re close to like DC too. And then and then you’re not too far from the mountains of Maryland. All the good hiking. Now, you know, you’re here, you’re on a hiking podcast. I want to know, like, have you always been a hiker? Did you grow up hiking or did you kind of start that as an adult?
Kendall Concini (01:17)
Yes.
Nope.
⁓ I grew up like we had a great piece of like backyard property where we had our little home outside of our home. We called it Moss Island. My mom would, you know, kind of kick us outside and lock the house doors and it was all outdoor going in the woods. so finding new trails and new adventures is just has been my life.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (01:55)
That sounds like a perfect childhood. Like, just go outside and explore.
Kendall Concini (01:57)
Yes.
And now my husband and I, when we plan trips, it kind of starts at like how many hiking trails are in the area. And then it’s, if it’s a kidless trip, it’s how many hard hikes and if it’s kids trips, how many flat hikes. And so we start with the hikes, we follow up with the breweries and then we blend them together.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (02:21)
Yeah, same thing. why we’re going anywhere at all is because like, I heard about this one hike. Let me see what else is in the area, too. And then to break it up, because, know, that my family, unfortunately, doesn’t always want to go hiking with me. I have to look up other things, too. Like, oh, is there museums or other attractions? Is there something else to do? So no, but saying, yeah, the hikes always kind of drive the.
Kendall Concini (02:45)
Yes.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (02:45)
the destination, right?
So you hike then obviously with your family, do you do a lot of hiking in Maryland? Because there’s some people, I don’t think people realize how great hikes there are in Maryland. There’s a lot of good hiking in Maryland.
Kendall Concini (03:04)
Yes,
we have our favorites that it’s just if we haven’t been out in a while, like we go back to a favorite because we know what to expect. We know what we enjoy about it. ⁓ And then if we have, you know, a weekend, we have been trying to explore new trails and kind of get some variety, drive a little further.
and rotate them. It also depends on who we’re with and what they want to do. So we do have the same, like, do you want to rock climb? Do you want a flat path? Do you want to sweat? Do you want to run? And so Maryland just has so much variety to offer.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (03:32)
Yeah.
So
much, yes. I love hiking in Maryland. I’ve done a little bit down there and I definitely have more, especially the western side of the state, I wanna explore more over there. Now you mentioned you had some favorites then, so give me one of your favorite trails that you love to do in Maryland.
Kendall Concini (03:56)
So there’s the classic Maryland Great Falls side trail. We’ve done Virginia, we don’t love it as much, but we have been doing the Great Falls side. And then Billy Goat Trail B is just, it’s the rock scrambling, it’s the views. We have like, having done it so much in our life, we have like landmarks, like we have certain rocks that we just like know that rock, the shape of the rock means something to us.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (04:01)
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
I love that.
Kendall Concini (04:25)
Um, and so that has been just, what do you want to do this weekend? And if we can’t come up with a plan, we just go hike Billy go be, um, they haven’t done that one yet because there are four and two. Now we have, um, I have hiked Billy goat be while pregnant and we’ve hiked it when the oldest one was in a baby sling. But after that, it was sort of like, we don’t want to carry them up anymore.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (04:34)
Now how old are your kids?
okay, I was gonna say, okay, yeah.
That’s impressive!
Kendall Concini (04:54)
or carry them. So we haven’t done that one with them yet, but we have taken them on the flat towpath down to the falls to see the falls and kind of go back.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (04:55)
No.
Mm-hmm.
We did the Billy Go trail. We’ve done it twice now because like you, it’s a favorite. both times we were coming back from DC area. I’m like, let’s stop in Billy Go trail before we go home. But my daughter, think she was like eight or nine, I think at the youngest. So, and there was someone on the trail. No, maybe she was 10, but there was someone on the trail who was a little younger, like maybe like a six or seven year old. And she handled that wall climb like a champ. So, you you’d be surprised what your kids can do.
Kendall Concini (05:31)
Yeah.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (05:33)
⁓ Maybe not the two year old, but yeah.
Kendall Concini (05:35)
yesterday I was in the car with a friend and we were talking about hiking trails and I was saying about coming on this podcast and when we hike the Billy Goat Trail, we get like geared up. Like we run the tow path, we hike it and we turn around and we hike it back and we make sure to do every difficult path we can and get a real workout because that’s just what my husband and I enjoy. And it was
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (05:47)
Mm-hmm.
That’s good.
Kendall Concini (05:59)
I’m because he was like, you’re those people we pass who is just decked out. And I’m like, this hike isn’t that serious. And I was like, yeah, what are you? And he goes, I wear like jeans. I was like, you’re the people we hate. I’m like, I’m like pouring sweat. And I’m like, how is this person just chilling in jeans? And so it’s.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (06:11)
You
Anytime we’re
hiking and we see someone in jeans, my husband always makes a comment. He’s like, how are they hiking in jeans?
Kendall Concini (06:24)
Exactly! And it’s just the fascinating
thing about that trail is because there are different like little routes within it you can take and ways you can do it. It’s just anyone can really get on that trail and just have a completely different experience and it blows my mind when I’m just like they’re just like chill walking and I’m like no workout mode.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (06:44)
What’s another favorite trail in Maryland that you have?
Kendall Concini (06:47)
So I like Billy Goat and like the evolution of when we did it. So I did it with friends. used to run, then we’d go out for like brunch. then we moved into, we show every single person that comes to Maryland that trail. But we also really love Maryland Heights, ⁓ which is like way up there. But that one is like, make sure we prepare people. And it’s changed over the years. We went recently and realized they like,
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (07:04)
Yes. Yes.
Kendall Concini (07:14)
took out the parking and you’re supposed to get a shuttle and stuff. So we tried to be stubborn and park on a road and like walk down the one road and get to it. We did some like train trekking on the rails to get there. But I love that one because it, I mean, it’s completely steep uphill, but there’s something just so cathartic about like knowing it’s going to be strenuous and getting to the top and the
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (07:36)
Yes.
Kendall Concini (07:43)
view is worth it. They have the pull off where you get to like the you can do the pull off and get to the little area where you can see Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland and Harper’s Valley. And it’s gorgeous. It’s worth it. But then you can keep going and do the entire one.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (07:45)
So worth it.
Kendall Concini (07:59)
And the thing I love about that trail is on the one mile like steep uphill, there’s a sign like halfway.
that says President Lincoln and his men carried cannons up this hill. And so you were like, you just stopped complaining and sweating and you’re like, I don’t have a
cannon. But then it also says that President Lincoln was like, okay, men, you got it and went back down. So I always love doing that trail with people and saying, if you take one more step, you’ve gone further than Lincoln. So just move it without a cannon. But I like the history of the trail. We like every time we go on a trail.
on the drive there, my husband will like look up some of the history and then like, wow, we’re walking, spout the facts and stuff. that one’s just so much nostalgia of Maryland built into it. And then the views when you get up there and you can see people like tubing down the river and stuff. just that one’s another, seeing the groups that do it is very interesting. And they say no dogs, but we always see the little dog trying.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (08:42)
Yes! ⁓
that trail I did with my kids a couple of years ago and I actually had COVID, but I didn’t realize I had COVID. So I’m like, I don’t know if that trail was as hard as I thought it was or if it was just so hard because I couldn’t breathe right because I had COVID. Yeah, no, that wasn’t fun. ⁓ Totally. I agree, though. The payoff totally worth it. And I did not do the the further along, so I did not hike further than Abraham Lincoln.
Kendall Concini (09:13)
Thank
You
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (09:33)
No, that’s great. All right. What else in Maryland? I mean, if you’ve been over the state, I want to know because I’ve I’ve been to those two trails that you’ve mentioned, but I’m just wondering if there’s any other good trails that maybe I need to know
Kendall Concini (09:45)
kind of outside of Baltimore and Catonsville and it’s the Soap Zone Trail. And that one is just, it’s a little wonky how to really pay attention to signs and do a little research because we found that part of the ownership of the trail changed. so where we used to go is now private property. And so we’ve just been kind of like
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (09:50)
I haven’t done that one.
Kendall Concini (10:07)
running through and trying to be like, are figuring out getting back on the trail, but it is a nice terrain change again. So we have taken the kids on that one. There’s a lot of flat paths and then it kind of comes to a river part and you get to jump over the river rocks and play. And we like playing like the Winnie the Pooh sticks where you put him down and watch them raise. So that one’s a cute one to like pause and have some lunch spots.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (10:26)
that.
Kendall Concini (10:33)
⁓ pretty easy. think it’s like 2.4 miles or something altogether. It just usually takes us a lot longer.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (10:40)
with kids in tow, definitely. You gotta double your time easily.
Kendall Concini (10:43)
Yes, but we enjoyed that one and they’ve done that a few times because it’s close to home too and some of the, ⁓ if we get time to take them, again another like steep incline one but it’s a fairly short trail to do Annapolis Rocks but making sure it’s the one that is like further out there with the actual signpost because there’s two we found out when we were not at the same parking lot with friends.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (11:03)
yeah.
⁓
no, two different Annapolis rocks?
Kendall Concini (11:13)
But it’s pretty, yeah,
we threw it in the GPS, but you have to like make sure you’re clicking like Annapolis Rocks Trailhead and it will take you to the actual park one. And then that the kids did not enjoy. It’s like sort of manmade sort of helped out by the parks built stairs. And so you do have to do the stairs trek that seemed like they never end, but they do eventually. And then you get a really beautiful
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (11:21)
Okay.
Kendall Concini (11:42)
just kind of like forest walk and go through everything. And so that’s been a good one
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (11:47)
I love that. Why does it always feel like stairs on a hiking trail never end?
Kendall Concini (11:55)
Yeah,
I actually prefer going up. Like I know it doesn’t in the moment. I always say like, I forget that I say I prefer this, but going down, I feel is a lot harder on my knees. And I remember meeting this woman once who was like a very intense hiker. And we were actually going down Maryland Heights and she was just like, you’re doing it wrong. And she had her sticks. And so she’s like, you’re not supposed to be upright. You’re supposed to sort of like hunch and be like in a squat.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (12:06)
Mm-hmm.
Kendall Concini (12:22)
and like shimmy down and it feels ridiculous but it does feel a lot better on the knees. ⁓ So sometimes the occasional trail person will see me looking like what is she doing? And I’m like it really is better on the knees but I prefer going up.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (12:23)
Mm-hmm.
It’s a lot better on the knees, yeah.
So that reminds me because we did earlier this this year, this spring, we did a trail and I don’t know if you’ve heard of it. It’s in Pennsylvania. It’s called the Thousand Steps Trail. It’s like kind of like South Central Pennsylvania. So there’s a thousand steps. It’s these thousand stone steps that speaking of people having to do things like, you know, that we’re like, we’re hiking and you had to pull a cannon up there, right?
These steps are there because they were miners and this is what they had to do. This was their commute to work every day was to go up these thousand steps. So, but going up hard, coming down so much harder. And I don’t know, it was just because our legs were so tired or just because, you know, the constant coming down, whatever. I don’t know. But yes, coming down a lot harder. I agree.
Kendall Concini (13:23)
My husband and I, before my daughter came and we knew we weren’t going to travel for like a year or whatever, we did like the baby moon and we went to Utah. And so we hiked all over Utah. And that was, you know, I couldn’t drink, I couldn’t go to like other activities. So we just hiked and we had realized when we go on trips, how much like splicing in a beer tour or something kind of slowed our bodies down. Cause I was just like, nope, we got nothing else to do. Let’s hike all day.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (13:31)
Mm-hmm.
Have fun.
Let’s
hike, hike, hike.
Kendall Concini (13:53)
And then hiking like super pregnant, if he would complain, it was nice to just turn and be like, really? But then I also realized those trails that were like the national parks didn’t have as many private pull-offs to like use the restrooms every five seconds. So it’s like now as we’re hiking, I’m like.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (14:00)
Like.
Kendall Concini (14:14)
Even if a trail is hard, kind of have to remind myself to not complain because I’m like, I’m not pregnant. could just, I don’t have to go to the bathroom every five seconds anymore. So I’m like, just kind of get through it and go, but.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (14:20)
Yes. You don’t have to pee every five seconds. ⁓
That’s so funny. you know, that’s something like you don’t even think about, like when you’re hiking when pregnant, like that that’s one of the obstacles that you have to be pee all the time.
Kendall Concini (14:38)
Yes.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (14:40)
we’ve been to Rock State Park, so that’s that’s a fun. Have you done rocks with the kids? They have the Kilgore Falls, which is a flat trail. The kids could definitely handle that. And then the King and Queen seat at the at the other location of the park, which also the kids could handle.
Kendall Concini (14:44)
Yeah.
yeah, okay, yes.
Yes, that’s out if you go
Cunningham Falls. Kids can handle Cunningham Falls. That one’s a fun one.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (15:01)
Yes, Cunningham Falls. We
have not done Cunningham Falls because we went up to Wolf Rocks and Chimney Rocks. It was like a four mile loop. And by the time we were done, my kids were like, no, we’re not going to a waterfall now, mom, we’re done. Yeah.
Kendall Concini (15:14)
Yeah, we did the chimney, chimney rock. She, it’s
also been fun because there was the day where we had like the baby sling and she can just be in it the whole time we go and do them and she gets to like get out and play. Then there was the combination of she’s three, she’s going to walk a little bit and then get back in the sling. And now she’s four. So she is supposed to just completely walk the whole thing. But
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (15:41)
Okay.
Kendall Concini (15:42)
She has been like brutally aware when we go on some trails if we start going downhill on a trail, she’ll like halfway through turn and go, is this a loop? Do we have to come back up this? And she’ll like, I want to come back up this and we have to like convince her to move on. But I’m the same, like she picked it up because that’s what I’ll always say. I’m like, oh, we’re going downhill now. We have to come back up. But then if.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (15:55)
You
Ha ha.
Kendall Concini (16:10)
If we make her walk like the steps or anything, I’ll tell her like, you get to come down on the way back. And she hasn’t figured out that it’s easier to go up, it’s been the chimney rock was one where she was pointing out to there were some spots where she’s not going that way. Like, okay.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (16:19)
You
She’s very intuitive four year old.
What are some of the motivations for you to get out on the trail? Do you find yourself needing to get out? Obviously for exercise, do you do it? ⁓ Sometimes I just need to get outside and be in nature because my head space is just not good ⁓ or just for family time. Like, what are your motivations for getting out on the trail?
Kendall Concini (16:50)
It’s a combination of all of them. you know, back to Billy Goat Trail, when we first started it, that was, we knew we had this all-you-can-eat brunch place with the little plates. And so we knew we were always going to go run the Billy Goat Trail towpath, hike it, run back, and then kind of like feel not guilty about brunch. So that was like, yeah, our good routine. Like, this is our workout. And then
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (17:12)
I love that, it’s good motivation.
Kendall Concini (17:18)
when we travel, it’s just exploring different places, like the different scenery and what their trails look like, different terrain. And then most trails take you up to a super gorgeous lookout and I think Sharp Rock, that’s where there’s the graffiti and stuff too, out in Trimney Rock. Like that was just gorgeous to go see.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (17:38)
yeah, I’ve heard of, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Kendall Concini (17:43)
among
the kind of forest there. And so we like being able to get really high and see the scenery. So we’ve always tried to include any time we travel, like a high point to just kind of overlook everything. And then we both, you I work off my phone for work. I work off my phone for like my part-time job and gigs. And so it’s nice to just have that. We’re gonna completely put it away and disconnect. And then when we…
go on trails. Sometimes it’s we know how long the trail is and you know, what do want to talk about? Are we having like a mini like home what’s going on therapy session? Are we like catching each other up on work or friendships? And sometimes my husband and I play this fun game where we pick a category. So say movies with sports and we just spend like the whole time going back and forth and you have to name it until someone runs out and so
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (18:37)
like that that’s
fun.
Kendall Concini (18:38)
We prepare for hikes that way too. So if he looks up the history and he says like, okay, Lincoln was on this trail. So I want to pick like movies with presidents. And so it just kind of like connects to it and stuff. With the kids, we have like, they love collecting leaves and sticks. And so we’ll do it and then come home and make like art projects. ⁓ We usually, if it’s somewhere new and we have like driven really far, we bring home a rock. So we do have a rock.
collection, which I’m trying to teach my daughter. They do. I am very much trying to teach her right now that our rock collection is significant rocks and mom doesn’t want like every rock, but she will like come home from school and be like, I got these from the playground and we’ll bring those back. So it’s just a lot. Like it’s, it’s our favorite activity. Just like nature. I, I love a good rock. So I love anything where there’s rock.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (19:10)
Kids always want to bring home rocks.
Kendall Concini (19:37)
scrambling. We have so many pictures of trees. I love trees with the little hidey holes and we pretend to like get in them like Alice in Wonderland style and I love ones that become seats so we try and take like the pictures are hanging from them and climbing them and so it’s just depends on the mood why we’re going and what what the activity while we’re there is.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (19:38)
Same, same.
I love that.
No, but that’s fun and that’s traditions too then, you know, it’s like the kids know what to expect when they’re out on the trail and then and then they start kind of leading that way too, right? They’re like, hey, let’s get our picture on our seat or, you know, let’s find this rock or, know, whatever. So I think that’s great. It’s a great way to bond as a family.
Kendall Concini (20:19)
It helps them with, like, she knows what I love, so when we go hiking, she’ll try and find it. So that kind of, like, shifts her focus to being out and, like, it’s an adventure, it’s a scavenger hunt. I also, like, kind of our routine, like, one of our friends from Maryland who we’ve always hiked the Billy Goat Trail with, she now lives in Ohio, so…
when she comes home and visits, if the weather allows, we’re like, okay, we have to make time to go out here. like, that’s our kind of memory founding is like going back to the trail where we started and going through it.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (20:50)
Now you are a writer too, correct? Do you write a lot about your hiking experiences, like reflecting on that?
Kendall Concini (20:58)
So I’m writing a children’s picture book based around I do have depression and I needed a way to teach my daughter about it. And so we used a cloud analogy and I explained that it started at the beach and it was they love the beach, they love water, that’s their favorite place. And they said, mom doesn’t always show up at the beach the same way. It’s like I have shade. And she was able to get that. So we made this group.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (21:25)
That is such a great analogy.
I love
Kendall Concini (21:28)
Thank you.
she helped me, we put some lines together. It was a bedtime story that we made into a book because I realized like we made it because I couldn’t find it. So we should put it out there for everyone else. ⁓ But it is part of a series and there is some like going out to a park and a walk in the second book. So it hadn’t been directly about like hiking but it is about
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (21:40)
Yes.
Kendall Concini (21:53)
being outside and trying to like have the elements of what nature does to you and showing that there are different ways people can show up and why they’re in places and then what they kind of get out of the experience and take away. So in the second book, actually, it’s a lot of mom does find a tree to go sit on and they tell her like, you stay here. And then the kids find a rock that they’re like playing and hiding behind.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (21:54)
Being outside.
Kendall Concini (22:23)
So it’s like elements of it, but we are very much an outdoor family. And so that came into our, even when writing it, there were lines that we were tweaking and stuff. And I remember sometimes walking on a hike and just like the whole hike, making my husband like hear the book over and over and over again until we got it. And then trying to like write it down while I’m going.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (22:39)
You
I always find that I’m more inspired after being outside. So, you know, I can definitely appreciate that you use being outside to perfect your craft in that in that sense. What are the names of your books? Please share.
Kendall Concini (22:59)
Mom’s Cloud and the Beach Adventure is the first one. I haven’t come up with the second one yet. I keep changing the location. It’s like, it is a park. We are on a walk. It is ⁓ part in the forest. So I’m like, we’ll see when it finally lands.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (23:05)
Now, you…
You’ll have like an epiphany
one day, it’ll be like eating dinner and it’ll just come to you, you know? That’s always how it is, right? Now, is your first book available for purchase right now?
Kendall Concini (23:20)
Yes.
So it comes out in January of 2026. We do have pre-orders up, and pre-orders come with swag, so my kids are making little things to go with the books, which has been fun too.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (23:29)
which is perfect.
So at the time that this podcast airs, your book will be available. So where will it be available?
Kendall Concini (23:42)
it will be available on Amazon, because that’s where we’re to kind of start in the self publishing. And then my website is cloudydaychronicles.wordpress.com.
And I’m on Instagram, so Cloudy Day Chronicles.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (23:55)
Awesome.
So people can follow along and learn more about the second book. And maybe by the time this podcast airs, the title will have been decided. Who knows? Now, Kendall, I’m so appreciative of your time and you sharing some of your favorite Maryland Hikes with me. ⁓ Before I let you go, I’m going to ask you a question.
If you could only do one kind of hike for the rest of your life, would it be like a hike to a waterfall or, you know, someone actually was like, oh, how about a lake? I’m like, lake counts too. But any kind of water view or a scenic overlook.
Kendall Concini (24:28)
Actually, I like if I can only do one if you’ve ever done it’s called like Devil Rocks or something like that. It’s in Virginia and you basically like hike and you get and there’s just a field of rocks and they like stack on each other and you can get to a little viewpoint and it’s somewhat the forest and then just rocks and there’s just something about.
the beauty of that and like how did they fall here and they don’t move and some do move and they all just look wildly different and I can spend forever doing that same hike and getting there and just looking at different rocks. It’s just the way they are because it’s in the forest and it just like opens up and so it was this amazing hike to just be in like this thick thick dark forest and then just have it open up to like this strange rock
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (25:02)
Okay.
Kendall Concini (25:21)
field where trees kind of grow through it and persevere around it. then like that was my favorite and like ideal hike is to just go kind of see the forest develop around it each time you go hike again.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (25:24)
Mm-hmm.
Kendall, again, thank you so much for your time. I really appreciate it. ⁓ I could talk about Maryland hikes all day because I love hiking in Maryland. Like I said, I have to explore more of it.
Kendall Concini (25:42)
Yes.
Lauren – Her Side Of The Trail (25:46)
⁓ But we every time we’ve gone down there to hike we’ve had a great time. So I appreciate I appreciate you hanging out and talking about Maryland.
Kendall Concini (25:52)
Thanks for having me.



