In 1881 Walt Whitman visited the cabin site, and later wrote: "Then to Walden Pond, that beautifully embower'd sheet of water, and spent over an hour there. On the spot in the woods where Thoreau had his solitary house is now quite a cairn of stones, to mark the place; I too carried one and deposited on the heap."
Whitman's beguiling description of Walden here "beautifully empowered sheet of water" is how I see it when I am there. Walden has such and alluring power over me. I'm not sure what it is, but I feel complete when I am there. Perhaps Henry's spirit is there? This past week I hiked around the pond and into Lincoln what a beautiful day. People always ask what the attraction to Walden is perhaps Whitman hits on it here, beauty, empowerment, and nature. What more could a spirit ask?
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