I concur that hiking mtb trails allows us to see them from a very different perspective. Knowing that you will likely have to deal a bit with being gun-shy when you return should help. I learned a lot about this over the last year, and developed quite a problem with it but I've injured myself quite a few times in the last year. Such is life - you will be back on the trails and loving it sooner than you know. Thankfully it happened at this time of the year rather than spring...