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Identify native trees

Understand local geology

Identify with human history

Identify with your aching legs

  

 

Partake of the bounty of the landscape

Taste Terroir

Turn off your cell phone

Forget your aching legs in meaningful conversation

Remember your aching legs

Grumble because you’re not used to moving so slowly

Fall into pace with different rhythms

Stop hiking for afternoon tea

  

Carry only yourself and your own water for the day

  

Eat well of healthy local foods

Trips Past

  

Orient yourself amidst the stars

Trips Future

  
 

Sleep well

 Rent-a-Ranger
 

Walk again  

   

 

   

        Trips include:

  • Thoughtful itineraries

  • Environmental  interpretation

  • Cultural history interpretation

  • Meals of delicious place-conscious foods

  • Place-oriented lodging

  • Transportation other than your own two feet when necessary

  • Tastings of local products such as wine, cheese and chocolate

  • Poetry, art and writing opportunities

  • Fun snacks and fine tea

        What you need to bring*:

  • A good pair of hiking shoes

  • A daypack for carrying water, lunch, and personal items that you would like to have during the day

  • A sense of adventure and endurance

* certain trips may require some extra gear

 
 

 

 

The longest journey begins with a single step.  Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching

 

 

Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.  M. C. Richards

 

 

Rise up, take up thy bed, and walk. St. John 5:8

 

 

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.  John Ruskin

 

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© 2008 Adrianna Hirtler