Think back on that special place you where were lost in wonder. You forgot about time, responsibilities and deadlines. Nature has it's own healing properties such as these. Transporting us into a space that leaves us breathless if only for a short reprieve. We leave only because we must but with each experience, we take with us one overwhelming reminder of the time we spent there. For me it was the fragrance. It is always cool at this altitude even in the heat of summer, yet not high enough to loose the incredible vegetation. The cool moist air was enough to insure that I stayed a while but the flood of cedar, evergreen, pine that permeated the space around me was truly the "take away" for me. I can't look back at this remote path without reliving the scent of Christmas, clean pure air welcoming me in as it it were created just for me. As time separates me from the moment, I have come to think it was.