Those who have no sense of posterity or any concern for future generations are the ones who are really dead. I mean, they are dead right now. Walking… - Edward Abbey

The longest journey begins with a single step, not with the turn of an ignition key. That’s the best thing about walking, the journey itself. It doesn’t much matter whether you get where you’re going or not. You’ll get there anyway. Every good hike brings you eventually back home. Right where you started.

If a man knew enough he could write a whole book about the juniper tree. Not juniper trees in general but that one particular juniper tree which grows from a ledge of naked sandstone near the old entrance to Arches National Monument.

Balance, that's the secret. Moderate extremism. The best of both worlds.