# How do you get your dose of adventure? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543 "2005-11-17T20:40:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/21 "2005-11-19T03:42:01Z")
[QUOTE=Corporate Hippie] II know for sure when I graduate I’m going to hike the Appalachian Trail with my best friend. That’s 6 months of adventure waiting for me. QUOTE] Read Bill Bryson’s " A Walk in the Woods" first, it’s good. I’ve hiked on the AT, haven’t met any bears. Yet. They’re having a bear hunt in my state (NJ) too. Haven’t met any hunters either. Yet. Make sure you wear Safety Orange. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/22 "2005-11-19T04:14:15Z")
Work puts me in some godawful situation about once a year–more than often enough to make me grateful to be safe at home for the rest of it. I’m currently doing Nelson Muntz "ha-ha!"s at my boss, who is in the same godforsaken Italian backwater with The Firewall From Hell that he dumped me in for six weeks. I think he is suffering adequately. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/23 "2005-11-19T04:17:14Z")
I got my fix in 1979 - I hitchhiked across country by myself. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/24 "2005-11-19T05:15:45Z")
I drive at speed that would get me sent to prison (no ticket here) on tight, twisty roads in the mountains. :eek: Sometimes with my kid in the back seat! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/25 "2005-11-19T05:22:43Z")
Motorcycling on Los Angeles freeways does it for me, thanks. Even more exciting since I’m not the one driving yes I have control issues. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/26 "2005-11-19T08:00:48Z")
Volunteer work. Meeting new people. Doing something I’m afraid of, like volunteering at a kids’ summer camp, or enrolling for experiments at the university. I’ve done a few legal psychedelic drugs, for an inner adventure. I’ve tried travelling, but for adventure, IMHO it’s overrated. The dangers when travelling are just so real that I’d rather avoid adventure on travel, and stick to nature and museums. Lucid dreaming. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/27 "2005-11-19T15:08:50Z")
> [@Corporate Hippie](#): > > I know for sure when I graduate I’m going to hike the Appalachian Trail with my best friend. That’s 6 months of adventure waiting for me. I would second the recommendation of reading _A Walk In the Woods_. Funny, funny book. And please post about your experience here afterwards, so I can live vicariously through you. I was sorta supposed to do that years ago when I graduated from high school and I changed my mind. I really regret it now - now that I’m too old to do it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/28 "2005-11-19T17:03:52Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > For adventure I pretty much stick to flying airplanes If you count fling ON airplanes, I’m with you. If you are one of the pilots who fly the airplanes I’m on every week, I sincerely hope you have NO adventures! In any case, see ya in the air. ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/29 "2005-11-19T17:06:52Z")
Oops. I just recalled your very enjoyable posts on flying as a private pilot. Sorry. In any case, though, I hope your persoal flying adventures remain small. P.S. I really, really enjoy your posts about flying, and sorry about my brain fade. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/30 "2005-11-19T17:07:51Z")
I joined the Army. It was pretty cool. I met a lot of really interesting people, and I didn’t kill any of them. It satisfied my thirst for adventure for a while. I’ve been out for five years and I’m still good. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/31 "2005-11-19T20:59:01Z")
> [@LiveOnAPlane](#): > > If you count fling ON airplanes, I’m with you. Really? 'Cause, you see, I’ve been trying to come up with a plausible reason for the Stearman owner I know to duct tape me to the top wing of the biplane for a trip or two around the patch… 😃 > [@](#): > > If you are one of the pilots who fly the airplanes I’m on every week, I sincerely hope you have NO adventures! Well, there’s adventure… and then there’s AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!- HEEEEEEEEEEEEEELPMEEEEEEEEEEEEE! _\>thump\<_ > [@](#): > > In any case, though, I hope your persoal flying adventures remain small. Me, too - altough if my current dry spell keeps up I just may re-print my story about winding up in a hayfield and having to borrow to farmer’s phone to call for a ride home. > [@](#): > > P.S. I really, really enjoy your posts about flying, and sorry about my brain fade. Don’t sweat it - some days it’s nice to be remembered at all. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/32 "2005-11-19T21:01:24Z")
> [@Doctor Jackson](#): > > Got married. Had kids. Now the adventure never stops. “You are my greatest adventure.” I saw a [PHOTO](http://images.art.com/images/-/The-Incredibles---Mr-Incredible--C10201026.jpeg) of you online, **Doc**. 😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![NoPretentiousCodename](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/82dd89/32.png) [@NoPretentiousCodename](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoPretentiousCodename)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/33 "2005-11-20T00:44:45Z")
Longboarding (Downhill skateboarding). ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/34 "2005-11-20T03:56:27Z")
Sometimes, my belt doesn’t match my shoes. I have to have a lot of alchohol first, though. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/35 "2005-11-20T04:16:17Z")
I used to do, up to 40 or so, a whole, whole lot of rock/mountain climbing. About 35 that began morphing more into backpacking (lived in Wyoming). I liked taking off to some place and not telling anyone where I was going and just wandering around for a few days. Now its become skiing (got a season pass to Heavenly, just waiting for some snow) and riding my motorcycle. Did a 26 day coast to coast this year and a 21 dayer to Mississippi. Some buddies and I are taking off May 1 for a 30 day run next year. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/36 "2005-11-20T06:43:00Z")
Adventure is terror in retrospect. I smart off to my wife… nuff said. I am really lucky because I have gotten to do a lot of things. I feel sorry for those that have not had the opportunity do some exciting things… I got do some things that you are not supposed to do anymore … Like fly a private plane around IN the Grand Canyon below the rim… like right down to the river… Open ocean sailing, Do something that no one has ever done before… [I went sailing once, when I was young. Pt. 1 - 11](http://members.aol.com/jbspot/rr1.index.html) Did some minor redo stuff, calf roping and bull dogging. Ride motorcycles now and occasionally mess with airchines when I can afford to. Was in the ARMY in the early 60’s and that was real adventure. Have over 10,000 hours pilot in command in small airplanes. A&P license. Used to hunt and that can get to be an adventure. Grew up on a lake in the summertime. Kids do the damnedest things… My Dad was the first to put a house trailer on a set of pontoons… with an outboard engine. Have worked with a 1937 John Deere tractor. To have an adventure, all you need do is be responsible for yourself. Then go do things. In the late 80’s I ran into a young lady who called herself ‘The Yak Lady’ who was circumnavigating Lake Superior in a kayak by herself. I took her on a short recon flight out of Superior to checkout the next few days camps sites. During the off seasons she would take her pictures and travel around like a troubadour and give talks. She could not have been over 25 years old. She just went had started her own adventure. That is all you have to do. I have not heard anyone on their death bed say, “I wish I had not had so many adventures.” Go small, Go cheap, But go now… ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/37 "2005-11-20T13:46:58Z")
Getting up and going shopping on Black Friday. That’s enough adventure for me. Once a year. I detest it, but I do it. Stupidity on my part. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/38 "2005-11-21T19:36:58Z")
> [@](#): > > I saw a PHOTO of you online, Doc. Geez, I hate that picture. They _know_ the right is my best side, but which one do they pick for promo? Full left front. I’m gettin’ a new agent. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/39 "2005-11-21T19:44:44Z")
> [@Doctor Jackson](#): > > Geez, I hate that picture. They _know_ the right is my best side, but which one do they pick for promo? Full left front. I’m gettin’ a new agent. Make certain he doesn’t wear a cape. [NO CAPES!](http://homepage.mac.com/rlmorel/.Public/NoCapes.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/40 "2005-11-22T17:07:42Z")
I just bought a motorcycle. Also biking, hiking, paintball, and computer games (ok that’s a MENTAL adventure but some of these games like Call of Duty kick ass.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543.md?page=3)