Dan McCaslin: Let’s Go Backpacking, and Other Urban Fables
Long treks into nature are ideal during a pandemic, and contrary to some advice, they don t have to be expensive or require a flight
Whale rocks of the gods in the West Hurricane Deck area. (Dan McCaslin / Noozhawk photo) By Dan McCaslin, Noozhawk Columnist | @NoozhawkNews
January 10, 2021
| 3:00 p.m.
Lately I’ve noticed a spate of “Let’s go camping” articles in the national news media, especially after about June when many realized the COVID-19 pandemic would last far into 2021.
This plethora of predictable paeans to beautiful nature and outdoor camping was meant to persuade more Americans to rush into the sun with their children and walk around/ski/fish/explore and roam about afoot excellent ideas and helpful to the semi-quarantined audience of couch-crazed humans.