“To reach the other side, one must first pass through the wilderness.” ~Skycypher

"Solitude

is the great

teacher

and to learn its

lessons,

you must pay

attention

to it."

A hike through the Black Elk Wilderness.

Harney Peak, Wind Cave National Park, Custer State Park.

June 2014.

"Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe." ~Anatole France

“What is life?
It is the
 flash
of a firefly
in the night.
It is the
breath
of a buffalo
in the wintertime.
 It is the little
shadow
which runs
 across the grass
and loses itself
in the
sunset.”

~Blackfoot

images taken on a trip out West.

Spearfish Canyon, Bear Butte, Custer &

Badlands State Park. 

South Dakota

2011