Welcome!

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog, Not Yet Weary Are Our Feet.

My name is Malcolm Boyack, and I made this blog because on the not so rare occasion that I go out and do something, I don't get to tell anyone the awesome stories that I come back with. This is my place to tell those stories.

By way of introduction, I am a student at Colorado Mountain College, in beautiful Leadville, Colorado. I came to CMC for the Natural Resource Management program, which emphasizes sustainability and good stewardship of the third rock from the sun, locally known as Earth. I have lived in Colorado for most of my life, we moved from Utah when I was young. Since then I have gained a love for the outdoors through weeks spent camping, backpacking, biking hiking, and trail running. Most of my posts here will be to the tune of how awesome the above activities are.

Now an explanation of the title. The phrase "not yet weary are our feet" comes from a poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, a walking song written by Bilbo Baggins.

Upon the hearth the fire is red,
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.
     Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
     Let them pass! Let them pass!
     Hill and water under sky,
     Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or secret gate,
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the paths that run
Towards the moon or to the sun.
     Apple, thorn, and sloe,
     Let them go! Let them go!
     Sand and stone and pool and dell,
     Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through the shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We'll wander back to home and bed.
     Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
     Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
     Fire and lamp, and meat and bread,
     And then to bed! And then to bed!

 I love the sense of adventure that this walking song conveys, the joy of seeing what no one else has seen, stepping where no one else has stepped, and then to come home to a good meal and a soft bed.

So, thank you for coming, I hope you enjoy your time here.