where are some of the most isolated, remote, humanless places you have been to? how do they make you feel?

South Dakota badlands and the Louisiana bayou country. The badlands reached something basic in me. I grew up in the green hills of Pennsylvania and the badlands looked like a moonscape. The far distant past seemed very familiar to me there. It was a unique experience.

Bayou country is often more populated than you can see or sense. It's a place of secrets and mysteries. There I felt at risk, although I did not experience a bad moment.

Any natural beauty inspires awe and gratitude in me, that I was privileged to see it, to live in a world where what I've seen is a small fraction of what there is.