Caleb:
Well, it's a good report from you this past week. It sounds like you're excited to be a new companion in a new area. It goes without saying that you should make hay while the sun shines. Learn all that you can from him and develop yours into a great companionship.
We spent some time on Lake Powell this past week and if I could do it over again, I would, only I would do it with you and Jacob. I'm so proud of you and the work you are doing and even when I miss you, I wouldn't have it any other way. Let's make sure we spend some time doing some of those things wen you get home.
I hope things are well. I can't wait to read your letter tomorrow. I'll close with a quote from Henry David Thoreau... Instead of "I went to the woods" I encourage you to substitute "I went on a mission"...
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms."
I love you,
Dad
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