102 WAITING IN THE WILDERNESS 



the best possible preparation for camping in the 

 wildest places on earth. 



Most men and women, boys and girls, go 

 camping, just to go camping. They have a fair 

 time. Others go camping chiefly because it 

 gives them the opportunity to fish or hunt or 

 take pictures. These campers are certain to 

 have a good time. As I think of it now, after 

 hundreds of camping trips, I went camping 

 chiefly because I enjoyed watching the ways of 

 birds and the habits of animals. The rocks, the 

 trees, and the flowers caused me to look at them 

 again and again. So, too, did the mountain 

 tops, the canons, and the lakes. I enjoyed win- 

 ter camping as well as summer camping and 

 camping on deserts, plains, and in the forested 

 mountains. I was ever excited to know how 

 a plant or animal came to be what it is and 

 where it is. 



