The Boom from the Sky and The Joys of Nature as a Young Boy

The smell of the pine permeates the air I breath as I climb up the mountain trail with the excitement of a child exploring new and exciting adventures. The buzzing of mosquitoes intensifies near a slow moving stream I reach down with my hand to pick some of the western yarrow growing near the trail. I have been told that it acts as a natural repellant. I chew on some of plant, flooding my mouth with an almost pleasant, bitter-sweet flavor. This hike up Red Ridge Mountain feels completely removed from the world in which I grew up. We are miles from the nearest car or road, over 8500 feet above sea level, and I am hearing sounds of nature that I have never yet experienced. Before reaching the summit we set up camp. We brought almost nothing, not even tents, and we are learning to build a lean-to shelter for the night. The adults check the construction of our lean-tos before we start a campfire. Our camp was set up and we sat down for smores and dinner. Finally I climb into my sleeping bag, feeling proud for the shelter I created with limbs, leaves, and only a small amount of twine from my pack. I was ready for a great night’s rest, listening the orchestra of natural sounds, and the more still I got the more new instruments I was able to hear in this great symphony; the chittering of bugs and the rustling of nocturnal animals was the music that finally lures me into slumber. I am suddenly jarred out of sleep as the earth starts to shake. 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