I have a favorite quote that I keep up in my
cubicle at work:
“Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once
in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit
clean.”
-John Muir
The great outdoors, nature, and exploring are central to my
life, to our lives, and to our marriage. Emphasis on the sanity Mo' Nature brings to us. After too many weeks stuck in the
grind, we must get away, and we like to spend most of our summer on the go.
We planned to backpack up and around Mt. Jefferson last
summer, but the wildfires pushed us out. We attempted, but we had to turn away.
So instead of heading home, we drove toward Sisters and climbed the Tam
MacArthur Rim hike, which was on our list for a while. From the top of the
hike, you can see the backside of the Cascade Range, including South Sister,
the site of our engagement (mem-oh-reez). We drove the McKenzie Highway “home,” and ended up
backpacking into the secluded and quiet Linton Late area for a night’s camp.
Highlights included campfire cooking, beer drinking, and
watching one of the most epic sunsets over the hills. And spending the night in
a tent with a puppy. He may have just celebrated his first birthday, but Bowen
certainly stirred at the sound of any rustling.
This is what success looks like.
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