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| Hiking small mountains is a great adventure! |
We replaced our old Camry with 275,000 miles for a more reliable and sporty vehicle this week, and I declared that choice as the start of our adventure decade--a decade filled with simple, outdoor adventures and explorations. The new car affords us more space for outdoor adventure equipment and hopefully the reliability to get to where we want to go.
I've learned that I love a good, simple, and safe adventure. The idea of meeting up with friends to boat, hike, bike, swim and explore fits who I am at this point in my life, and the fact that my children are essentially living their own lives gives me the chance to do this.
What am I learning about this chapter in life?
Do the research
Fortunately the fact that we have the Internet gives us the chance to explore all kinds of beautiful places that we may not have known about before. For example, yesterday we found a remote woodsy waterhole that was beautiful to see and a good place for a picnic and a swim.
Make sure your outdoor adventure equipment is ready to go
A simple collection of outdoor adventure equipment and clothing, ready to go gives you the chance to take advantage of good weather days and invitations for fun outdoor activities.
Plan ahead, but be spontaneous too
When you plan ahead, you typically have the chance to take advantage of wonderful adventures in affordable ways. Yet, you have to be spontaneous too in order to take advantage of the best weather days for the adventures you want to enjoy.
Meet-ups
Since it's likely that your friends and family members have a lot of commitments, meet-ups work well. You set the time, date, and place and invite those who can to meet you for the adventure. This kind of gathering lends itself to spontaneity and there's little related pressure too.
Healthy
These adventures are much better if you're feeling good, so making every attempt to incorporate health into the adventure is great. Stopping by local farmer's markets, packing picnic lunches, and getting lots of good rest is a way to make these adventures successful.
I'll likely begin to think more about how to incorporate adventures into daily living during this Adventure Decade--if you have ideas for me, please let me know.