
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home, that wildness is a necessity, and parks are fountains of life.” — Naturalist John Muir, Our National Parks, 1909
Greg Winslow found his love of camping later in life. “I just had an interest in spending more time outdoors and being with nature,” he says. When he was 51, Winslow bought a tent and a motorcycle, and off he went. He is far from alone.