" Walk away quietly in any direction, and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Hike among the grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, through craggy garden nooks
full of nature's darlings. Climb through the mountains
and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own
freshness into you and
the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but natures forces never fail " John Muir