It has been awhile since I have made a post. Nothing of interest has really happened. So, in a desperate attempt, I will tell all of you what has happened since my last post.
Since my last post, I quit my job. I just needed break. It is so nice, being unemployed, once you get past the fact that no more money is entering your bank account. I have so much time. Yesterday, for example, I took my dog for a drive. Just out of the blue. It may come to a surprise to many, but it was fun. We didn’t go very far, or fast, but having that time with my best friend gave me a spirited revival.
There is also a French girl living with my family for the time being. She’s nice, cute, but we haven’t connected.
I took my brother for a hike along the Yellowstone River. Another thing I was able to do, thanks to being unemployed. Half the trail seemed as though swamp land. Mosquitoes. Mud. Water. Trees and vines. It was nice to get away. We stopped in a dry, open spot along the river, and I heated some water and we had a couple cups of hot apple cider. The fast, cold, dangerous water of a river at the end of spring just feet away made me think of simpler times. When bison were in the millions. When there were no paved roads. No cars. No gyms. When, if one wanted food, they had to catch it. If one wanted to see nature, they just had to look out of the tent, tipi, cabin. When, if one wanted a true adventure, they just had to pick a direction to go in.
This brings me to the second part of my blog. Since school has ended and I quit my job, I have been waiting to go on an adventure. Some call it vagabonding. Some call it tramping. Some call it wandering. Whatever you decide to call it, that is what I want.
I do not want to map it out. I do not want to worry about money. The only thing I want to worry about is how I am going to reintroduce myself to society.
A true adventure.
We, as society, have lost touch with our fun, adventurous, wild side. Many know it is there, but don’t know how to release it. Some are able to. I tip my hat to those who find a real adventure. Yes, there are dangers. But they are able to overcome the fear. Once you overcome the fear, you unlock fun. And fun is addictive.
I don’t know where I am going with this, to be honest. I am just rambling on.
Tomorrow, I leave to for a trip to Dallas, Texas. On the way, I will be stopping in Yellowstone National Park. I will also be stopping to go white water rafting, something I have not yet experienced. I will also go to a couple amusements parks. My trip should be fun. My trip could get some of my adventurousness out of me. But, if it is fun, and if what I had said about fun earlier, I will be looking for my next fix of adventure.
I can’t wait.
Go explore, America.
~Bredelman, OUT
