Lovely reminiscences. We visited Yellowstone for the first time in 1998. We were living in Colorado then.
I grew up in New England and hiked/backpacked all over (except Maine 😕) with the AYH and AMC. I wanted to work at the AMC huts so bad after I got out of the Army, but they wouldnt take me. Only opportunity I had and it made me so sad to miss the experience. I also thought about working for the Park Service as a vocation but Uncle Sam invested in my medical education so that's the direction I went in.
There have been many times in the last three years where I desired to "get away from it all" only to realize, there is no "getting away". There is no place to go. Instead, I now find myself longing for the past. Which is also futile. But, it's what I have. Memories of another time. A different mindset.
I know that nothing stays the same, time marches on, but it is a shame that the current young adults of the world want to destroy literally everything. When they get to our age, they will be regretful and it will be too late. It will be all gone.
Great read! Enjoyed it very much. Have you read about Tartaria and mud flood, orphan trains etc? So much hidden history.
Lovely reminiscences. We visited Yellowstone for the first time in 1998. We were living in Colorado then.
I grew up in New England and hiked/backpacked all over (except Maine 😕) with the AYH and AMC. I wanted to work at the AMC huts so bad after I got out of the Army, but they wouldnt take me. Only opportunity I had and it made me so sad to miss the experience. I also thought about working for the Park Service as a vocation but Uncle Sam invested in my medical education so that's the direction I went in.
There have been many times in the last three years where I desired to "get away from it all" only to realize, there is no "getting away". There is no place to go. Instead, I now find myself longing for the past. Which is also futile. But, it's what I have. Memories of another time. A different mindset.
I know that nothing stays the same, time marches on, but it is a shame that the current young adults of the world want to destroy literally everything. When they get to our age, they will be regretful and it will be too late. It will be all gone.