Our family has this cabin in the Mojave that my grandfather built and we used to go every summer when we were kids but now when we try to plan trips there it feels like work and everyone has complaints about the remoteness and lack of wifi and I wonder if we're trying to preserve something that doesn't fit who we are anymore.
More people experience this than they realize.
You're caught between honoring ancestral connection to a harsh place and accepting that your family's relationship to solitude has fundamentally changed.
“Where Are You with Deserts and arid landscapes?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.