As a family, we have opted to travel cross country to Ohio to retrieve our oldest daughter from a seven week summer venture. This was my wife's idea. We have planned for tent camping along the way and haven't done this for a few years. In my childhood and teens, I hiked and camped a lot and remember it fondly. My gear included backpack, one person tent, sleeping bag, canteen, tin cookware set, hatchet, jacknife, and topographical maps of numerous stomping grounds. Developing a simple discipline of self-reliance through discovery and exploration was the Journey then. Getting away and being on my own were the motivations then. This week will be a return to core values.
"Learn to limit yourself,
to content yourself
with some definite thing,
and some definite work;
dare to be what you are,
and learn to resign
with a good grace
all that you are not
and to believe in
your own individuality."
Henri Frederic Amiel
Filosoof Zwitserland
1821-1881
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