Every spring I hike out to a special meadow in Idaho’s Frank-Church River of No Return Wilderness to see spectacular wildflowers. Earlier this month, I had a chance to witness the same wild place, only this time to see a burning summer wildfire. Both the flowers and the fire are wonderful and beautiful acts of nature.

My location for connection with nature is the southwest corner of the vast Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho. At 2.3 million acres, here the wilderness is big enough to provide a full view of wild nature.