I recently took a pilgrimage to Henry David Thoreau’s little one-room cabin on the shore of Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. There I walked the Woodland trails in his hallowed footsteps and again found the words, posted on the sign outside his cabin, that were one of my primary inspirations for the WGP when I first read them 60 years ago.
For me, offering the Wilderness Guide Program along with my fellow staff is a sacred calling. It is honoring the legacies of Thoreau, Tom Brown Jr., my Ojibwe Elder Keewaydinoquay, and my dear mother Dorothy, who was my first Nature guide. The Program keeps alive the memory of the family of Wolves I lived with by giving others the opportunity to live in the Land of the Wolf and be inspired by their example. If everyone could have this experience of living the Way of our Ancestors, our world would be a different place.
We would consider it an honor to have you join us at our Wilderness camp on the shore of Woodbury Lake, to relearn together what it is to be fully Human.