We are headquartered this week in Boulder, Utah, spending a spring lit break in a wilderness very different from home. Every day we hike 8 or 9 miles of canyon wash or rocky outcrop in Escalante or Capitol Reef. Silence defines. I hear only sounds I make. The shush-shush of my boots over pink desert sand. The creak of my pack frame. The zip of a pocket knife through an avocado we share.  The rocks make no comment. My … Continue