There are for starters, grandeur and silence, pure water and clean air. There is also the gift of distance. . .the chance to stand away from relationships and daily ritual. . .and the gift of energy. Wilderness infuses us with its own special brand of energy. I remember lying by the Snake River in Idaho once and becoming aware I could not sleep. . .natures’s forces had me in hand. I was engulfed by a dance of ions and atoms. My body was responding to the pervasive pull of the moon.
