That there place was afore my time (1946-1953). I did get a bit of a nature fix by wandering through a branch of Turtle Creek which ran through the neighborhood. Come to think of it, that area featured rocks (and some climbing) and fossils. Some things never change.

The outdoors is really the only peaceful time I know. I have spent most of my life outdoors, for various reasons, and I continue to spend as much time as can out there. It doesn't matter where or what the environment is, I just love being out there and away from civilization. I think I would have been happy as a mountain man a couple of centuries ago.

For a person who wants to experience the wilderness in Dallas, there are areas along the Trinity River not suitable for construction so the land remains undeveloped.

Jeanette Isabelle

Away from the things of man.

Having a Jeremiah Johnson moment here.

Yoda on Degobah, before Luke came.

Robinson friggin' Carusoe, before Friday.

Lieutenant Dunbar dancing around a bonfire in front of a sod house.

Castaway.

Just gotta be alone, in the element, in the moment, once in a while.

It is surprising to see 'wilderness" and "Dallas" in the same sentence. By a good many standards, a strip of undeveloped, still more or less vegetated strip of bottom land surrounded by dense urbanization hardly qualifies.

When I think of wilderness,I have something in mind like the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico, over 550,000 acres in extent. I have spent a fair amount of time there and I would be willing to spend more. The Gila offers solitude, plenty of space, beautiful country, and plenty of room to roam, and those are the essential attributes of wild country.

Big Bend Ranch State Park, TX- the Solitario area is called "The Other Side of Nowhere"...lol