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I think back to trips I have taken, years ago, decades. I think of the benches and chairs I slept upon; of the meals I ate, by pointing at words written in a different language; of people that I met, who came and went in a heartbeat, saying or doing profound things, never to be seen again.
Those were days of travel with backpack, by thumb or foot. A destination in mind, but how to get there…
Mike Grifantini has degrees in Wildlife Biology and Forest Ecology. He worked for timber management companies, the U.S. Forest Service and consulting firms. He was privileged to have made a living walking the hills, looking for rare plants and animals and having picnic lunches in the woods. Of course, there were reports to write and meetings to attend that muddled the otherwise perfect times.