Outdoor Adventures, Sacred Trails: Poems of a Traveling Man by Tim Riter is a collection of poetry about life. Snapshots of the country at his side, he rides the asphalt road of man and climbs creations made by God. An evolution of the soul is rarely so perfectly written and understood. One of the poems that affected my heart the most, and many did, is entitled Nose Hairs. These lines shot me dead: "Statements/ that life has been lived/ that joys have been experienced/ that griefs have been survived…" Riter not only shows you his soul but makes you dig around deeper to find your own.

Tim Riter’s Outdoor Adventures, Sacred Trails will rekindle a fire in the pit of your stomach not just to see the children of ancestral greens and the dusty hues of what God chose to put on Earth before man, but to touch them. To experience them. To see the soul that dwells inside them as well. Riter allows us to understand that communicating and having a dialogue with the outdoors is not madness, but is a closer step to the creator Himself. Riter gives you the go-ahead that you didn’t know you needed. As you read through the pages you can almost hear the engine of his Honda sport bike beating right along. Gasoline and oil coursing through mechanical veins bringing it to life, bonding with its rider. Like John Wayne to a horse.

Nature has always been a favorite source of inspiration for poets, but only a good poet has the skill to make it pure poetry. Tim Riter is one of those poets who has this privileged relationship with nature and who seems to understand it better than many of us - and then he explains it to us. In his poetic collection, Outdoor Adventures, Sacred Trails, Riter reveals his exceptional ability to convey powerful emotions and thoughts about nature, travel, places, and people. Get inspired by these poems and discover how living outdoors helps us remember to feel stronger and freer and where to find God.

Outdoor Adventures, Sacred Trails cannot fail to move all those who love nature, travel, and poetry. Tim Riter has the ability to express concepts in verses that, with just some exceptions, are very short but at the same time full of meaning. I must admit that many of his poems have deeply touched me. The sensitivity he shows about outdoor life struck me because it is a rare quality. There is a sense of freedom in Riter's verses that you do not find elsewhere; his poems are like a breath of fresh air. I particularly liked the many references to the mountains, which clearly have a profound meaning for the author. If you are a lover of poetry, I invite you to read Outdoor Adventures, Sacred Trails, and take this journey in Riter's company. After reading, you will feel like you have really traveled with him.