René's Routes

“One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things.”

Henry Miller

Drop a trail and lose yourself exploring it all, from the treetops to the boot prints.


“I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.”
John Muir
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.”
John Muir
“In wildness is the preservation of the world.”
Henry David Thoreau
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.”
Rachel Carson

“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”
John Muir
“The world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting.”
Mary Oliver
“We need the tonic of wildness.”
Henry David Thoreau
“Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart, and you’ll never walk alone.”
Oscar Hammerstein II

“Traveller, there is no road; the road is made by walking.”
Antonio Machado
“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.”
Edward Abbey

Always know where you are.


“Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”
Mary Oliver
“Take only memories, leave only footprints.”
“The mountains are calling and I must go.”
John Muir