If you ever want to clear your head, take a hike in the Adirondacks near Lake Placid and Lake George, New York. My cousin took my wife and I on a glorious hike after the wedding of our cousin, before we had to head back to Virginia. We were accompanied by his amazing three-legged dog. The dog not only kept up with us on the steepest inclines, but chased squirrels and covered twice the distance we walked.

The scene says it all. You could see for miles. The air was sweet. At night there were billions of stars. And the leaves were just starting to get their Autumnal colors. When I return to this part of the world, I hope to take other, longer hikes, and see more of these glorious vistas.