TRAVEL/SUSTENANCE: Slow Food Nation Conference, San Francisco
Slow Food Nation
Sure, it could be the kind that needs plane tickets and permits, special sports or safety equipment or a guide, and thrilling risks, like treacherous terrain and terrifying megafauna…
Adventure can also mean looking at the everyday with fresh eyes and a sense of wonder, examining your environment for new possibilities, and finding fun and challenges in your own backyard!
It’s whatever gets you excited, gets your blood moving, and gets you active and activated, and the desire to explore and learn and grow.
An old outdoor book that shaped me pretty early on used the phrase, “miniature adventure” for short local trips (for that author, these were mostly canoeing and camping trips that could be completed in a weekend within a few hours from home). I try to bring this spirit to my own explorations. Sadly that book is long out of print, but its title holds true… “It’s a Wise Woodsman Who Knows What’s Biting Him.” (If you love puns and the outdoors as much as I do, pick up a used copy of that book if you can find one).
You don’t need a passport and a big budget to have a big adventure! You just need to get bit by the adventure bug, so let’s go! (but don’t forget to pack the bug spray)