I'm with you. Here in the mid-Atlantic, the cicadas are out and the noise is deafening from them (especially if you are under a tree with them). WIth no cars, trains, trucks, or aircraft, WV can let you hear the rest of the world. I love hearing owls at night, or the keeeeerr of a hawk during the day. The periodic cicadas have different tunes, if you pay attention. 

On May 28, 2012, at 10:58 AM, JRodgers wrote:

> Funny how we all seek different things when we go camping.
> 
> I want to escape the noise of civilization when camping. No Radio, no
> TV, no music, no sounds of machinery of any kind. I want to just
> experience the sounds of silence. Actually pure wilderness is not silent
> at all, it's just that the sounds are different. But civilization drowns
> it out. 'Course it's hard to get away from - in fact 'pert near