Epigraph

Why do people consider getting outside and into nature as “roughing it”?

Here in the city and in the suburbs are chaotic. The traffic, the hassles, the deadlines and the noise are unbearable.

The most enjoyable, peaceful times one can have are outdoors and even away from the city.

One of my favorite memories includes a weekend in a lakeside cabin, a borrowed Hemingway novel and no expectations.

“Three months of camp life on Lake Tahoe would restore an Egyptian mummy to his pristine vigor, and give him an appetite like an alligator.” – Mark Twain, Roughing It

Another memory included thin, crisp, clean evenings on a mountain range

Not very rough at all.