We're starting a movement

 So you might be wondering why this, of all things would be our first blog post. Well, frankly, we weren't really sure how to start, and then we watched this and we realized it was was time to take the chance and hope that you might join us. We hope that you might bring your energy, your ideas, your passion for the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail and help us start a movement that brings us all together to celebrate, share, and build the foundations of a community that supports what could be called one of the greatest conservation projects of our generation. And the time is now.

The newly formed Continental Divide Trail Coalition realizes that you might not be ready for us, but the Trail is.  The Trail needs us to start a movement on its behalf.  It needs us to start a movement that engages everyone on all levels, from all backgrounds, from all over the planet to ensure that it is recognized and appreciated for the amazing resource it is, and that we announce to the world it is important to us. But we can't do this alone, we need you to be a part of it.

A movement is defined as a diffusely organized or heterogeneous group of people or organizations tending toward or favoring a generalized common goal. Our Goal, connecting all of us to each other, to  the land, but most importantly, to the Trail itself.

We want to share with you the opportunity to help us shape this movement, help us build this movement, and more importantly, help us LEAD this movement. We need you to give us our voice and help us learn how to follow. Like a good friend of ours reminded us recently, the Trail is about a "right of passage", we happen to agree, and the past has brought us to the point where we are ready to cross that threshold into a new future. We hope you'll take this journey with us. Look for more blogs in the coming days, weeks, and months that will give you more details about us, about how to join us, and participate in this movement, and help us be more than a one nut, but a whole bunch of them who are crazy about the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail.