"Walking yields a greater closeness to the earth, an independence. The solid thud of boots on the path means freedom to stop and admire a flower, to move at one's own speed, to rejoice in crossing a stream on risky stepping stones, to explore off the trail, to get a close-up of dew jewelling the grass." ~ John Muir

~ Source: Country Walks The Niagara Escarpment, Ross McLean, Anne Craik, John Sherk. Boston Mills, 1994.