“I have to admit, first meeting Dave was hard. He is a burn victim, wounded in Vietnam, but after just saying hello I didn't see the scars from his burns, I only saw a man. We must have talked for about 2 hours and just talking alone made me feel like a human being again. As we talked I kept looking up into the hills at the woods. As a Scout, the woods used to be my home and for the past 6 years, all I've done is urban and desert. So I excused myself and said I'm gonna go for a walk in the woods. I don't have the words to describe how that lifted my spirits. Just me and nature. It brought back feelings I hadn't felt in a long time and I started to smile. Not the fake smile that I usually pass off to everyone, but a genuinely good feeling that caused a genuine smile. So this was basically the first three hours on the first day and already I was feeling pretty lucky I got to go there."  Tim (participant)