Saturday night I was sitting on my bed trying to find something for my wife and I to enjoy. I just wanted to watch a movie, but she wanted to get out of the house. After some debate, I finally made up my mind. "Pack a bag; we're leaving." I told my wife. She immediately began smiling and threw together a bag of clothes, make-up, and a few snacks. We threw a couple bags in the car and left the house. We had no idea where we were going, but that was half the fun. We went to Wal-Mart and picked up a few supplies and left town. Since it was the night before father's day, we decided to go visit my parents for a little while. We stopped and got coffee at their house and visited for a couple hours, and then it was back onto the road with no clue where we were heading. We headed east until we found a motel, stayed the night, watched some TV, and then continued on our way in the morning. We basically drove in a giant circle around a small part of east Kansas. We had an amazing adventure. In one day, we drove a few hundred miles, went to the zoo, stopped at a couple historic sites, visited a wind farm, and went back home to enjoy an amazing steak and potato dinner. Oh! We also saved three turtles!
The reason I like telling this story is because it reminds me of a time when I was able to just drop everything and leave without any plans. I was able to take my wife and drive away from home with little regard for where I ended up, and it turned out to be one of the best trips that I have ever taken. We didn't get to do a lot of site seeing or ride any rides, but it was still a very enjoyable trip. I recommend everyone just take off and leave every once in a while. Just get away from all the stress you encounter in your daily life, and don't even plan it. Just take a couple hundred dollars and drive. If you don't want to spend that much money, take a fifty for gas and pack a tent and some food. Leaving home for the weekend on a whim is an adventure all by itself.
If you go on an adventure as a result of my blog, comment and let me know! I would love to hear about it if I inspired you.
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Tim and I went to Washington as a random trip... He said, "I get off any day I want for Memorial day. Let's go to Seattle this weekend!" Of course, as I had a job myself, we had to wait another week so I could ask off, but we packed dried fruit, peanuts, and my USA road atlas and headed north! It was a wonderful experience hiking in the rain forests up there!
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