Fantastic. You've embraced your journey, the ups and downs, the pains and pleasures. This has obviously helped you open your heart and taught you empathy for others. This must have made you a better writer. Clearly, it's made you a wonderful person. Great stuff. By the way, you can still walk around the locked Franklin Canyon gates. My wife and I did this on Sunday and had an amazing hike. Hardly any people. We saw a family of deer, several woodpeckers and a turtle crossing the road near Hastain Trail. Carlos (the younger ranger) showed us video clips of the flooded park during the rainstorms. Great time to hike. Thanks for your wonderful story.