Sunday, September 26, 2010

A journey into the wilderness


A journey into the wilderness is
the freest, cheapest
most non-privileged of pleasures.
~Edward Abbey



6 comments:

Alice Audrey said...

Edward Abbey would say that. He's such a nature freak.

Heather said...

Not familiar with him myself, but the quote seemed fitting for some of my pics.

Jana said...

Ah, what a peaceful walk that must have been...

Alice Audrey said...

He was part of The Monkey Wrench Gang, kind of a precursor to the more violent end of Green Peace. He wrote extensively of the joys of being in nature, but was not really a nature freak himself as he wasn't the least bit dewy eyed about all his back country camping. Big in the 60's. I'm not sure if he's still around or not.

Alice Audrey said...

I know, I know. First I say he is a nature freak, then I say he isn't. What I mean is that he wasn't naive about it like most of the tree hugger crowd. He knew very well it could kill you.

Heather said...

Ah, thanks for illuminating! ;)