Silence

What impressed the most was the silence. It wasn't unusually quiet, it was just lacking in all the noise in our lives.  I'd not noticed it before - the profoundness of the absolute silence.

But then we live in loud times, figuratively and literally.  It was worth the tremendous amount of effort spent to get there - the northern part of Canada where the lake is shared with a family of nesting loons and little else.

The forest wasn't alive with animal life either, it was vast, primitive and rich in pure air, insect life and the weather of the seasons.  It was no more concerned with our trivial events, that we are with what goes on there.

Disconnecting from our world is highly recommended as a means to gain perspective.