“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods; There is rapture on the lonely shore; there is society, where none intrudes; By the deep sea, and music in it’s roar: I love man not less, but nature more . . .” • Lord Byron
“Unbroken skin provides a lot of protection in itself. If you’re going to backpack regularly, you need to get used to sweat and some selectively placed grime.” • George Cole & Ryan Jordan, Backpacking Light Magazine
“You could get mauled by a bear & Die. You could get bit by a snake & Die. You could fall off a cliff & Die. You could get struck by lightning & Die. You could get shot by a hunter & Die. Or, you could stay home, sit on the couch, eat potato chips, & DIE.” • Nike Commercial
“When through the woods and forest glades I wander And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees; When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze;” from “How Great Thou Art” ~ by Carl Gustav Boberg
About Rufus, a bird dog
“He misses no meal. He devours the miles on legs that never fail. He enjoys his work-prefers it to any other thing. He bathes when it pleases him, and drinks what he likes without any bad effects. And afterward he sleeps until he wakes. And has no creditors.
If you hear of any higher state of happiness than that, please let me know.”
from ‘The Rufus Chronicle’ by CW Gusewelle