You lie back against a large tree, the cool breeze drying the sweat from your face. Your tired muscles finally surrender to fatigue. A few paces away your fifty-pound pack lies where you dropped it mere seconds after seeing the cool, inviting waters of the lake before you.
There is no sound but nature's song, a symphony of wind in the trees and birds in the air; there is no care but primal need, such as what you're going to cook tonight. The scent of pine fills your nose and a deep satisfaction fills your soul, for you have completed yet another leg of this incredible journey.
You are alone with the trees, miles from civilization; you are intimate with the silence, holding audience with nature; you are in the backcountry, an untouched wilderness where Mother Nature still reigns.
Words fail to describe the fulfillment and peace that reward the explorer who ventures into the wilderness. If you have never experienced the backcountry before but have always wanted to, this site is for you.