Isaiah Maxi has been hiking all over Missouri鈥檚 state parks 鈥� and he's not doing it alone. He documents his journeys on his Facebook group, , charting his connections across the state.
Maxi, who works for the Missouri Community Service Commission in Jefferson City, didn鈥檛 set out to make new friends. In December, he had posted to a Missouri hiking Facebook group about his struggles with isolation through the pandemic and celebrating hiking through 31 Missouri parks in 2022. The post attracted hundreds of comments and new connections 鈥� and even inspired media coverage in January in .
On Friday鈥檚 St. Louis on the Air, Maxi discussed his experience hiking across the state while forging connections along the way. He also shared his picks for favorite hiking parks in the St. Louis region, including Lone Elk Park and Cuivre River State Park.
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