Mark Kenyon

“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot,” said Leopold. “Like winds and sunset, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them.”
― Mark Kenyon, That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands

“Far from the luxuries of home, camp life forces a slower, more thoughtful approach to living. Mornings are savored. Coffee is sipped rather than drained. Making meals is less a chore and more an event. An evening stroll replaces the nightly TV hypnosis. In short, for a few fleeting days, we are briefly, blissfully, beautifully human again.”
― Mark Kenyon, That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands