Favorite Adventure You’ve Done

[NRA4LIFE]

Probably taking our boat out 50 miles out on the Pacific Ocean to halibut and cod fish a number of times. A couple trips into the Boundary Waters was cool too.

 

[CMF]

Selling the house, going full time in an RV for 3+ years with 3 kids.
Covering 45 of 50 states, 47 of 63 National Parks
Hunting more days out west than I could have done taking a week off every year for 20 years. Including CO, NM, AZ & MT, Elk, muley, and bear every year, barbary sheep, oryx, and Idaho spring bear.
Bass fished Maine, salmon/rockfished in WA, fished/iguana hunted south FL, Turkey and deer hunted KS, Squirrel hunted GA, Turkey hunted and fished Missouri, striped bass in Maryland, trout fished the yellowstone in MT. shot quail and jackrabbit in NM. I'm sure a few more hunts/fishing that I'm not thinking of...
Offshore fishing is a favorite adventure as well, especially overnight for tuna.

 

[cnelk]

DIY Fly-in AK moose hunt

Having my 60” moose rack strapped to the wing of a SuperCub was pretty cool.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Years ago, a buddy and me drove down to southern Mexico in a beat up ford fiesta and climbed el pico de orizaba. Total DIY type thing. Still good buddies with that guy even 20 years later.

 

[Drenalin]

When I was 5 I ran away from home. I could only pack so much in my red Jansport backpack, but I remember my Etch-A-Sketch made the cut. Headed to the playground and used scavenged vegetation, sticks and leaves, to plug up the open side in some playground equipment so I could have a little cubby protected from the weather (it was winter but no snow on the ground). Once I got the hole plugged up I curled up and took out my possessions and looked them over and mentally said goodbye to my family. I was a new boy now, unburdened by rules and expectations of others. I was only answerable to myself.

As the afternoon turned to evening I looked out and could see the warmth of the orange glowing light escaping the windows of the houses all around, and I realized I didn't bring any food and I was getting hungry. So I went home and sheepishly entered the house and re-accepted my old life, if only temporarily. I would make better plans for my next runaway. Still working on them in fact.

I did something similar at the same age, but in my frustration I only packed underwear. My adventure was short-lived.

 

[Drenalin]

From birth to 17 years old, I was never more than 50 miles from home, and that might be generous. 10 days before I turned 18, I shipped out for boot camp…the next 6 years were the biggest adventure I’ve had so far, and were a dream come true. Still trying to rediscover that.

My big adventures these days are taking kids on weekend backpacking trips. Seeing them totally out of their element, and helping them get things figured out is a lot more rewarding than I expected it to be.