Vacations Blend Public Service, Hiking

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by Howard Meyerson

An American Hiking Society volunteer enjoys the views on the Damfino Lakes trail in Washington

"Ted Siereveld was 61 years old when he signed up with the American Hiking Society for his first volunteer vacation, a week spent doing trail maintenance on the Appalachian Trail in Vermont.

The retired tool and die supervisor from Grand Rapids simply loved it. So much so that he has signed up for one or more trips almost every year since.

This summer he returns to Arkansas's Buffalo National River which was dedicated by Congress in 1972. It will be his seventh year... "

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