That's very true. I could have an adventure every weekend if I made my mind up to go adventuring. I used to get out a lot more when we first moved to Washington state. We would hike up in the mountains to the natural hot springs in the Olympic National Park. It is so beautiful up there.
That's great. My survival tool for now is animals and nature and that is right on my property and in my house. I also go for long walks near my house and the trees are amazing especially at night. I never used to notice just how tall these trees are when I rode my bicycle rather than walking. Now I go for walks at night and i take a flashlight and look up into the trees and see how tall they are. It is so quiet I can hear a pin drop. It is a mystical experience.
I think it would be pretty dull. I always lived very close to nature and recreation areas, even when I lived in Redding, California, where we were surrounded by forests, lakes and recreation areas. My first date with my husband a few days after I met him was camping out at at Whiskeytown Lake. My husband was from San Diego and lived in the city so he was never exposed to the great outdoors till we got married and I was always on another adventure as I used to love to travel all around California, Oregon and Washington.
I will never forget the time shortly after we first got married. We parked his motorcycle at the trailhead and hiked up to the top of the mountain, 6,000 feet, because I insisted on continuing to walk well past the managed trail system. My husband did not want to keep going but I had to see what was at the top, but then I was too afraid to walk back down because there was a large drop off the side of the trail... Needless to say, going up was a lot easier than going down. I told my husband I was going to stay up there till the forest rangers came to rescue us
but I did eventually work up the courage to go back down. Those were the days.
That is a great hobby.
No, I never used any pesticides on our property which is no longer a yard, it is a wildlife refuge for raccoons, possums, squirrels, and chipmunks, and a bird refuge. I wish I had a working camera so I could take some photos. we used to have beautiful lake view but now we have a beautiful view of the trees and the animal occupants.
That is nice of you to do that. In our previous house which is on the river, there was a trail that went down to the river but we never used it because it was all grown over, but the last tenants restored it. That house is located only about a quarter mile from the
Chehalis-Western Trail where we used to walk and bike all the time, and I would ride my bike on it as far as I could to get to work downtown.
Yes, I have been busy doing God's work for about the last nine years and meanwhile my life is passing me by. No, I know God would not mind if I took some time for myself and He probably hopes I will, for my own sake. I am kind of at a crossroads now, trying to make some decisions, and I am reassessing my life. I think it is going in another direction eventually but I cannot say what that will be. I will still be on the forum but not as much as I have been. The older we get, the more we realize how little time we have left. Baha'is are enjoined to take care of the planet, not just serve God all the time. I recall a saying from when I first became a Baha'i was "One planet, one people, please."
You're welcome, and I am sure all the animals agree.
People are always calling me and sending me postcards asking if I want to sell this property, but what would happen to the animals and trees if we sold it. I cannot fathom abandoning all these animals.