AMERICANS NEED OUTINGS 35 



engagements, to keep books, to write letters, to tend a machine, to keep 

 house. They can live for the moment on their own. They can wear the 

 clothes of their choice, eat when they please, loaf or work, go exploring, or 

 go to sleep, undisturbed. They may catch the largest fish, build the best 

 campfire, bake the tastiest Dutch-oven bread, climb the highest mountain, 

 or discover the most breath-taking view. They have the chance to regain 

 physical and mental tone; to achieve satisfying, wholly personal proof 

 of their abilities and prowess; to recapture a sense of their own personal 

 significance, and to rest. 



