Thanks - the flowery language is just a bridge too far for me. I have friends who keep sending me pictures of the cascades where they are camping and all I can think of is how cold and wet they look. I prefer hot. But they get all excited about the mountains. I like them okay but I don't find them that compelling - just don't get all wooie about them. I have fun hiking but I don't generally get all new age bad poetry about the experience