Destination: National Forests

Lewis and Clark National Forest - 1968. That's me with the Twiggy haircut - and the rest of the Berlin clan: Greg, Eric, Jill, Jay and Kathy. Our first camping trip out west. How I loved it! We hiked, made forts along the creeks, played in the roots of trees and every morning my dad would belt out a Tarzan yell. We were wild little hooligans living out of our pop-up camper. At thirteen, I loved the freedom, I loved the beauty all around me. I didn't exactly know I was on a national forest, but I remember thinking I wanted to live in one of the towns that had those brown and yellow signs.

And that I did as I made my home on the Ozark St Francis, Superior and Chippewa National Forests since 1974. I have hiked, camped, kayaked, skied and explored about a third of the national forests. In my opinion the most beautiful places in the U.S.