Climb 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. ~John Muir
Superstition Mountains Hieroglyphics Trail
The Climb
The Reward
Such simplicity, together with sweat and silence, amplify the rhythms of any long journey, especially through unknown, untattered territory. And in the end such a journey can restore an understanding of how insignificant you are — and thereby set you free.” Colin Fletcher, The River
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Superstition Mountains Peralta Trail
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity…”— John Muir
I dream of hiking into my old age. ~Marlyn Doan
McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Hiking Friend Julie from Random Meanderings
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity…”— John Muir
– "May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds." — Unknown
Hi Tess, this is a wonderful thought collage if I can use the term to describe the post. My favorite quote out of the bunch is the last, especially the line about may your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
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