| Traveling for the adventure of it is becoming much | | | | them all, spending some time and relaxing, and then |
| more popular these days, but, it can be quite | | | | decide if you want to return for a longer stay. |
| expensive. Others may find it too dangerous to even | | | | Almost all of these type of spiritual centers will allow |
| consider it, but I'm going to give you some great | | | | visitors, and they generally have very cheap rooms |
| ideas for safe, close to home, adventures that are | | | | available. Stay the night and see how relaxing it can |
| affordable and fun. Take a look at the list below to | | | | be. |
| get some ideas of your own. | | | | Find a public, county, or state park and go canoeing. |
| Learn rock climbing. Take local rock climbing lessons in | | | | Many local parks will have canoes available for rent. |
| your area. It may not be the highest mountain in the | | | | You can spend a day just floating, and the park |
| country, but you probably can find a fairly steep | | | | people will pick you up down the river and drive you |
| mountain to climb just for the adventure of it. Most | | | | back to your car. |
| of the East Coast, and West Coast will not have any | | | | Think about getting into treasure searching. You can |
| problem locating somewhere to climb, and there will | | | | usually find a good, cheap used metal detector online, |
| be plenty of local schools ready to teach you. With a | | | | or in your local classified ads. If you pick one up, you |
| trained climber joining you, this is one adventure that | | | | can plan an entire weekend around treasure hunting |
| is not too dangerous. | | | | at a local beach, or woods. You never know what |
| Find all of the local swimming places and make it a | | | | you might find. If you're really adventurous you could |
| goal to hit them all this summer. Each of them will put | | | | go to your courthouse and look up old historical |
| you up for a hike (to get there) and a nice cool dip in | | | | records for locations like old picnic areas, parks, or |
| the water during hot summer months will not cost | | | | watering holes and search there. Old coins and |
| you anything. You can find these by word of mouth | | | | jewelry may add up to enough to pay for your metal |
| (from your friends), or just by watching for others | | | | detector, especially with the high price of gold these |
| dragging food and picnics into the woods. At that | | | | days. |
| point, you know it's pretty likely that there is water | | | | Take a hobo trip to wherever you end up. How does |
| around. | | | | this work you ask? Well, you pack enough food and |
| Take up snowshoeing. Being in a winter environment | | | | drinks and clothes to cover you for a few days, then |
| (in the Midwest) has not always been fun. That is, | | | | everyone jumps in the car and you take off for an |
| not until my wife and I took up snowshoeing. This is | | | | unknown place. Have travelers randomly pick a |
| a very inexpensive sport, with two options for | | | | direction every few hours and just drive until you |
| equipment: 1.) rent it from a local sporting goods | | | | decide it's time to stop. Spend the night in a different |
| store, you will get modern equipment and can decide | | | | town, or consider making a camping trip out of it by |
| if you should buy your own, or 2.) visit a local park | | | | bringing along camping and tent gear. This trip is really |
| during the winter that offers snowshoeing hikes, | | | | inexpensive too. |
| they almost all have snowshoes for rent, but they | | | | An adventure is defined as any type of activity or |
| will usually be the old fashioned kind. Any way, you | | | | destination that you visit and take part in that is |
| get a good chance to try out the sport. If you enjoy | | | | completely new to you and that does not have an |
| it, consider calling your golf courses in the area and | | | | outcome that is entirely predictable. This can be just |
| ask them if it is ok to snowshoe there in the winter, | | | | about anything you like, as you see from the |
| all of them that I called had no problem with it. | | | | examples above. Take one of those, or think up an |
| Consider a spiritual journey. If you have retreats or | | | | entirely new one, either way enjoy your next |
| monasteries near you, make a day of traveling to | | | | adventure that stays within your budget too. |