The grander of the experience

As I talked about today in class on the discussion of Albert Borgmann and his idea of focal things, Henry David Thoreau is a perfect example of  living life with the grander of an experience not just about efficiency always. the words from his writing Walden, " I went to the woods because i wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life" in this sentence Thoreau is saying that he has to get away from the hectic everyday of modern society and all of its expectation  He understands that in the wilderness he finds peace and comfort in the grander of all the beauty. I feel the same way and as an Environmental science major i find the most comfort in the wilderness among the trees and rocks and hills. The wild is one of my focal things that i don't want modern civilization and technology to ruin, i can not image anything that can be a supplemental for the great outdoors. High adventure amusement parks that offer white water rafting or fake rock climbing try to fulfill the same actions that the wild provides but they are not the same just as the TV dinner is not the same as the thanksgiving dinner.