I love "hiking".

anyone want to come with me? I am planning on driving 50km both ways so I can compete for a parking spot in order to walk on a dirt path for 2 hours.

just kidding. everybody does this here, I just don't fully get why. I used to live like 5 minutes from a lake where I could take a sandwich up the hill and it was a relaxing way to spend a couple hours. unbeknownst to me, people were driving for over an hour just to do the same thing. I think people who don't play games must be really bored.

I enjoy hiking well enough but I am not a true outdoorsy person.

I've done those hikes where you leave at 4AM to drive 2 hours to get somewhere before it gets disgustingly crowded and while the whole ordeal is neat because of the grandiose scale, I live right next to a huge county park, such as that the trails directly connect to the end of my dead end street, so I can hike on demand, whenever I want on 22 small trails.

So I am very fortunate that I have that literally right in my back yard, because for me, I wouldn't drive to do it, but since I can do it all on foot, I walk semi regularly back there, maybe a couple times a month in good weather.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpfZYO8yHWE

I used to walk along established trails in my local state parks that would take about 2 hours to finish. Nothing wrong with that. It's a nice way to stay fit.

Depending on which park I was going to, it could be anywhere from 5 miles away to about 20 miles away. But I never had to fight over parking spots, all my local parks had ample parking, and they were never really crowded.

I like hiking when I travel to other states/countries where the landscape is noticeably different from home. I agree that it's a little silly if you're staying local, though I imagine for some people they really do have to drive an hour to find someplace nice that hasn't already been developed.

Got to do a hike yesterday that was a short train ride away and wasn't crowded at all. Got to see a good view of that one mountain, too.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/eb4dd8ed.jpg

70% of this picture is just a gradient of blue

I'd hike a lot more if there were trails near me that had tree cover. But I have to drive 3 hours to get tree canopy cover in Arizona from where I live. I am waaaaay too white to hike in the bare sun for hours. It's absolute hell. Especially if it's 100 degrees.

agesboy posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpfZYO8yHWE

agesboy posted...

70% of this picture is just a gradient of blue

Oh sorry, I'll try to find some royal purples and fireball fuchsias next time I'm up there.