Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get — -people,storms, guardian angels, or sheep.... - John Muir

"Once arrived in the valley, it is important to know what to do with one's self. I would advise sitting from morning till night under some willow bush on the riverbank where there is a wide view. This will be "doing the valley" far more effectively than riding along trails in constant motion from point to point. Sunlight streaming over the walls and falling upon the river and silvery foliage of the groves; the varied rush and boom of the falls; the slipping of the crystal river; birds, flowers, and blue, alpine sky, are then seen most fully and impressively, without the blurring distractions of guiding, riding, and scrambling. Few, however, will believe this, and anxious inquiries will always be made for ponies, points, and guides."

Wherever we go in the mountains, or indeed in any of God's wild fields, we find more than we seek.

Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.