Rod Lorenz is a retired physician, lifelong hiker and backpacker, and occasional writer in prose and verse. When not hiking he is committed to community service and neighborhood activities. With his wife and son he built an Alaskan cabin that now facilitates visits to grandchildren in the Copper River Basin. He looks forward to his third trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota this summer.
(Photo: Mary O’Boyle)