Natural elements

Natural elements

We have been around the USA for about a month. We left with a battered camper, from Colorado we landed in Florida, after crossing Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina and Alabama. Apart from the many natural wonders and many unforgettable moments, what I saw, and humanly refreshed me, were the many people who, especially on weekends, leave the comforts of  their home to camp in tents and campers in the different parks.

Above all, many children and young people whose attention is enraptured by natural elements and ancestral gestures such as lighting a fire and cooking on it. No cell phone, no digital game and as if by magic smiles, joyful shouts and a sense of spending time together that seemed defunct.

I understand that for many parents it is not easy, but it is the only possible path and, in order to follow it, the first step is to set an example.

m.m.

*Photos by Emanuela Boriotti, Great Smoky Mountain - North Carolina