Going On An Adventure!


It feels like it hasn't been long since I talked about adventuring, but time is soup, and I have no sense of time anymore. Over the weekend (...ok, I have Some sense of time), I stayed with a couple friends who got me hooked on a video game called Beat Saber, and we just had a good time playing video games and hanging out. The next day, we packed a few bags and went on a nearby hike!

The goal was to find a cave they'd found before, but we didn't find it on this trip. The hike was fun, and kept screwing with my sense of reality, in a way. It was hot, and a long trek, up and up and up into the foothills past Sultan and Gold Bar. I definitely didn't think I'd be able to make it up to where my friend said the cave was, but then I stopped thinking about can or can'ts, and just kept going, chatting and swinging my plastic katana at the blackberry bushes to dissuade then from taking over the trail.

It wasn't ren faire, but it had that similar sense of escape and immersion into a different place. That's why I like adventures, and I make it a point to try for a random adventure several times a week. A lot of things can count as an adventure. My rubric is simple: an adventure is anything that takes you out of the ordinary and everyday, and takes you somewhere else. So yes, reading a book, going for a walk or a hike, visiting a new coffee shop, these all count as adventures. I like hiking because it's not always just walking up or down a gravel or dirt path. There are things to see, rocks to climb, old trees to take pictures of, and mountain lions to speculate on. And of course, weeds to smack with pretend swords. 

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