Almost everybody I know has their own place that they go when they need help or answers, and even all throughout history you hear about people that go to a certain special place to feel at peace, to attain inspiration, or answers to problems in their life. They go to these places before an important event or just when they are having a rough time. I also have my place that I go and I’m going to tell you all about it.

            Ever since I can remember I have been making the three hour drive to my family’s cabin.           It is located in the Manti/Lasal National Forest and is very close to Mayfield, Utah. The only way to get there is on a long, dusty road that winds its way through the steep mountains and eventually up and over them and into a beautiful mountain valley. There are lakes and streams everywhere and if you look hard enough you can almost always spot a deer or a moose, and if you’re lucky you might even see a bear.  

            Before you start up the long road to the cabin, there is a town called Gunnison. In this town is a grocery store that we stop at called The Gunnison Market. We have been stopping here every time we go to the cabin for so many years and it has kind of become a little bit of a tradition in our minds. We all look forward to going to this store because it means we are very close to being at the cabin.     

            When you get to the actual cabin it doesn’t look like anything out of the ordinary. It’s pretty much just your typical cabin; made out of logs, a rocking chair on the front porch, and topped off with a green tin roof. But it’s not the cabin itself that makes it a special place for me, it’s all the memories that I have made there and that I continue to make.      

            Whenever I go to the cabin I always feel so peaceful and relaxed because there is nothing up there to worry about at all. There is no cell phone service and it’s so nice because you can just go there and get away from everyone and everything for a while. You can just kick back and enjoy the scenery, go for a hike, go fishing, take a motorcycle ride, or just sit in the cabin and read a good book.     

            When I go to the cabin I just feel at peace and that everything is going to be alright. I hope to be able to continue going there for a long time and hopefully take my own children there as my parents have done with me.