I really just want to experience the outdoors as much as possible. I’m a cyclist (mountain, in this context), and I used to snowboard, but as a I age these activities feel a bit riskier (meaning I may hurt myself) to me personally. What are some good ways to experienced the outdoors with relatively low risk of injury?
More words:
I don’t want to be inside anymore. I was on a river trip this weekend. At some point I was floating in the river and taking in the scenery when I realized I feel like I’m doing nothing most of the time. I work from home, but it definitely has me inside most of the time. I find myself in mood to do whatever I need to, drastic changes, buying equipment, etc, to change this.
I just can’t do it anymore. I need to outside doing something. If I need to sneak off during the workday to do so, so be it.
Geocaching can be fun. I don’t do it a lot because I get frustrated easily, but I’ve found a few well maintained caches in state parks and that keep me going. Often, the ones at the state parks are placed in locations that will bring you to a place that is special to that park, off the beaten path and safe. I can’t remember the park, but one cache I found at a state park was next to a small historical marker, deep in the woods alongside a river, but the marker indicated that it was a meeting place between Native American tribes from the fur trading days.