And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
"Bring me men to match my mountains."
ReplyDeleteLooks like that ridge is making weather.
That reminds me of my camp trips above the treeline.
ReplyDeleteFor ten years, every late Sept/early Oct I'd diappear in high Sierras for a week or ten days.
Well, you had my schedule - eastern Sierra. Then Chinese flu closures, forest fires, etc. Haven't been able to get back on schedule. Sure do miss it.
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