on my way East or West, or somewhere in the middle, I have absolutely fallen in love with the land there. I don’t know what it is. I later found out it’s the least populated state of the union, even less so than Alaska. Maybe that’s it? I remember thinking that what I came away with after living in Alaska for a summer, was a sense of living in a place that was truly wild, unowned by humans (it felt like this even on so-called private property). I think that experience truly changed my brain, or at least how my neural networks are connected, especially since I grew up in NYC.
After that summer, I felt so confident reading the land, a river, tracks, plants, etc. On a mundane: orienteering and botanical keying, but also on a more spiritual level too. Like I finally belonged in my body, and on this planet.
I’d like to take my kids to WY, and see wild horses too. Will start with a family vacation, maybe eventually move there?
over 7 years ago