SINCE WE’RE DOING ADVENTURES THIS WEEK WE’RE STARTING WITH A DRAGON—AS
YOU CAN’T HAVE AN ADVENTURE WITHOUT A DRAGON. I love to have adventures and to play about at things but I my roommate already hates my cats so I don’t even want to have to explain a dragon wandering about….so I have one who is happy to stay stationary (He’s just faking that he’s a statue of course–it saves on the burnt curtains when he sneezes as well) so as not to piss him off (the roommate not the dragon) any more than me and Em and Char already do.
Don’t have a dragon:
Here’s Desmond:
You can request his presence from several fine retail locations: https://www.google.com/shopping/product/11016311639475942771?safe=off&site=&q=DESMOND+THE+DRAGON&oq=DESMOND+THE+DRAGON&prds=hsec:online&sa=X&ved=0CHcQviRqFQoTCN7y_cLfl8kCFUgnHgodqLkIXA
AS I presume you want to get started with adventures sooner than later and he’s excellent at staying stationary.
What better adventure than time travel? An interview with Ron on the reveals of the Witch Trial and Claire to Jamie on time travel all in one episode: http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/18/outlander-postmortem-ep-ronald-moore-talks-geillis-reveal-claires-shocking-choice
WHEN A THREAT IS A PROMISE: The first man who tries is the first man down.
National Georgraphic adventure to Scotland: http://www.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com/expeditions/scotland-photo-adventure/detail
https://www.google.com/search?q=gothic+dragon+bottle+opener&safe=off&sa=X&biw=1366&bih=641&source=univ&tbm=shop&tbo=u&ved=0CB4QsxhqFQoTCK24p7Dpl8kCFYqWHgodIwgFSA
First: Establishing what adventure is:
I have to explain this cause I don’t want a person that’s terrified of heights to go for a skydiving training. Just because it doesn’t qualify as an adventure for Daniel Boone doesn’t mean it’s not one for you.
Just getting out of the house for a neighborhood walk is a lot for some people. While for others its a daily activity.
Knowing your limitations however does not mean that you can’t move beyond them…it just means if you have to start with the neighborhood walk you may not get that big marathon for a few years yet.
If you have health limitations then you should consult your doctor–is the fact that you can barely walk around the neighborhood because you have severe degeneration of joints or just cause you are overweight and haven’t moved off the couch for a hundred years (you can get an idea by looking at the remote and seeing if there are permanent indentations in the surface from your fingers). Talking to your doctor or often better if you have one therapist can help you establish goals and limitations–even equipment—to help you plan your more mobile adventures.
THIS IS REALLY ALL ABOUT YOU FOR A CHANGE:
First what do you like?
Sports….you could try doing vacations to see a favorite team play a major rival (no matter what the sport). Or if you llive outside the area where you can easily go to a game plan a long weekend around driving or flying to the game (be sure to get tickets in advance–while these are fun they don’t always work for spontaneous–also hotels near by etc). You can combine the game with other items in the area–especially if you have a spouse that feels the game is more a bonding experience with you rather than an adventure for them–for instance a restaurant they’d like
Do it yourself: an example….you come to the Daytona 500 http://m.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/Tickets-Events/Event-Calendar.aspx in Florida but rent a room at a spa http://www.riverviewhotel.com/spa in New Smyrna Beach http://www.cityofnsb.com/ which, while close (and drivable), is much farther from the maddening crowds and has some great shops on the beach side–including Sue Who which is my favorite place to buy original as well as affordable jewelry https://www.facebook.com/Sue-Who-165267616831507/ And you can split your time and have some intimate adventures away from the track as well as crowd-filled at.
Photography—this can be an adventure almost anywhere, I’ve taken some great shots in my own yard, some sites that might inspire you if you prefer someone else to do it for you:
Expeditions with the National Geographic no less–which include tours to Africa, Europe, North and Central America, the Caribbean as well as Asia: http://www.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com/triptypes/photoexpeditions
CNN has a site reviewing the top sites: http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/23/travel/best-photography-vacations/
and Huffington Post has a very interesting evaluation you can use when considering these tours: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-portnoy/photography-tour-vacation_b_4057874.html
and you can do the same with anything you enjoy and are interested in pursuing.
There’s also a Toy Museum http://www.marxtoymuseum.com/#_=_
A park complete with zip lines http://grandvuepark.com/#_=_
A paranormal museum http://archive-afterlife.weebly.com/index.html#_=_
so that covers a lot of things you might be interested in, in a town you might never have heard of.
So now that you a choice of destination(s) depending on you and/or your family’s choices of adventures what else do you need? We’ll continue with Moundsville as example:
Add to the kids adventure with ice cream and carnival memories at Johnny Shars: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g59336-d3535951-Reviews-Johnny_Shars_Big_Dipper-Moundsville_West_Virginia.html
Or make it exotic with Mexican at Acapulco: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g59336-d4067085-Reviews-Acapulco_Mexican_Restaurant-Moundsville_West_Virginia.html or El Patrons http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g59336-d3673999-Reviews-El_Patron_Mexican_Restaurant-Moundsville_West_Virginia.html
and there’s Chinese Buffet as well http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g59336-d3956935-Reviews-Great_Chinese_Buffet-Moundsville_West_Virginia.html
or Indian at Govinda’s Garden
and of course lots more: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurants-g59336-Moundsville_West_Virginia.html
