Walden At Muir Woods 

How might the idea of living in the woods interest you or not? 

“Our life is frittered away by detail. “Simplify, simplify!” (Henry David Thoreau)

The timing seemed to be right to fantasize a new lifestyle for me as I had just finished Henry David Thoreau’s mid 19th century novel,”Walden” describing his simple cabin life along the shore of a New England pond. Thus his two years  of quiet seclusion  came to mind during our early May road trip excursion at Muir Woods National Monument. For as I walked leisurely along  the giant Redwood tree forest along the coastal ridge  north of San Francisco Bay, my imagination ran wild then plotting ideas about how I might similarly live like Thoreau once did at Walden in such a special place. 

In this regard, I recognized how Redwoods evolved over thousands of years to thrive in this harsh mountainous landscape. For such enhanced sensations of Redwood survival on this mist shrowded day seemed to offer timely questions about how I might best co-exist with such thick forest species  in these largely isolated conditions. Most importantly, how might conditions of light, elevation, and water source  influence where my cabin location would be ? Moreover, what tools would I need handy to climb tall tree limbs, chop solid wood, make a sturdy walking stick or convey heavy logs to survive? Or of what practical value  would a decaying tree trunk, open root cavity, or nearby ground plant cover help me with regard to stockpiling nearby food and other needed indoor supplies? 

With my daily needs of staying warm, safe, and healthy reasonably met, I would then turn my attention to how I might I best combat aloneness in these secluded conditions. Might a particular redwood specimen become a human like  friend to just talk to? Could such an inner conversation inspire an urge for nature drawing and poetry writing?  Or how might self satisfaction be attained by taking time to gather nearby seeds and nurture my own nature garden? What wildlife could I most easily catch sight of along a tree to satisfy my photographic curiosity as well ? With loneliness escalating at times, I might furthermore feel the need to plot a path through the Redwoods and just take a slow walk into town now and then.     

Thus in Redwood land, I’d found a refreshing escape from my oftentimes “autopilot” urban routine to instead energize  myself moment by moment  amid life’s natural beauty  that day.  Check out the following website to evaluate if you desire to be such a Walden person. 

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