The overarching theme of Rogers’ essay is that a love for nature can be taken in through solo adventures but is more rewarding with a partner. When boating alone, Rogers describes the landscape as, “the word that comes to mind is love… but this love goes beyond the love of self… it needs an object. If someone were with me, I’d ask for a kiss.” She knows she loves the adventure but wishes she could share it with someone. However, when she is enjoying the river with Emily, “an exquisite satisfaction took over… I couldn’t hug or kiss the river, the sky, the factory across the river… so I kissed Emily, fat and sweet.” That kiss changed Rogers’ opinion on solo adventures, realizing she “had been swept away by the adventurous possibility of two.” Her love of the landscape could be relayed through someone who she also cares deeply for.
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