To Touch the Wind

Like a piece of the night, the giant stranger came into the cabin. Roaring like a beast and brandishing a knife that flashed like a moon-bright sword, he set upon the children sheltering there. Taken by surprise, Carl and Traci fought like cornered cubs. Carl hurled a lighted kerosene lantern at the attacker, and in the shower of flames, he and his sister raced into the black forest. For days the giant, like an evil shadow, hounded them, driving them ever deeper into the wilderness. When at last they were alone, they found themselves in a wild land they scarcely knew. So began a summer-long journey of discovery through the magnificent Sierra Nevada high country. The children’s quest led them over towering passes, through wild storms, across glacial ice fields, down steep canyons, and across mountain meadows filled with wild flowers and dancing with butterflies. It was a journey that could not end until their father, on his own journey, faced his demons and rediscovered his love for his children.