I am someone who has a need to travel. I need to escape my everyday life and recharge in different surroundings. I have a drive to explore the world and gain a new appreciation for other landscapes, lifestyles, and people. I know that I am not alone in saying that 2020 has knocked me around a little. Plenty of great things have happened this year but by and large, it is a year that I am ready to put behind me. I have had a few painful losses recently and as luck would have it, my family and I had plans to take a weekend escape to Payson, Arizona just when I needed it most. For anyone unfamiliar with this area, Payson is a small town immersed in high desert wilderness of Arizona. We rented a house that backed Tonto National Forest and I was able to spend the weekend seeing virtually no one and enjoy the solitude of nature. Coming from the desert region around Phoenix, the sights, smells, and sounds of the forest transported me away from my everyday life and gave me just th
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