Posted on December 2, 2015
April 29, 2015 – St. Paul, Minnesota
Superior Hiking Trail? Yes. Mississippi River headwaters? Definitely. Split Rock Lighthouse? Please.
Since the weather is warming, I’ve begun making a list of places to go during my time in Minnesota. This state has much to offer, including numerous caves, state parks, hiking trails, wildlife refuges, waterfalls, and more. There’s plenty to see, and I’ll bear witness to as much as possible.
Exploring has become a driving force in my life.
Besides a vacation here and there, most of my adult life thus far has been spent in Iowa. Sadly, during most of this time, I tried very little to explore the state and discover its beauty (yes, parts of Iowa are very beautiful). Rather, I mainly focused on my education, socializing, and working my life away. Not that there’s anything inherently wrong with any of those things. But if you spend all of your time this way (as I assume most Americans do), when will you see the world with the one life you have?
After getting a higher paying job?
After the kids grow up?
After retirement?
This may be a somewhat newly discovered passion for me, but I’m thankful for it. It’s easy for us to get caught up in our routines, lose track of time, and eventually lose our health. We enter relationships, create families, establish homes. Travel becomes harder and harder with each responsibility. Each commitment.
I’ve spent enough time living in my own little world. I have one life on this planet. I aim to explore it.
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.” – Helen Keller
Neeksan, my sage nephew, I so look forward to your posts and this one in particular resounds of your cousin, my wanderlust child, Kelsey. She has your ability to take risks, desire to expand knowledge and experience, is minimizing to relocate across country, shedding “things”. You are becoming an inspiration to others that have no entanglements holding them back form realizing dreams that remained just that, dreams,
Neeksan, my sage nephew, I so look forward to your posts and this one in particular resounds of your cousin, my wanderlust child, Kelsey. She has your ability to take risks, desire to expand knowledge and experience, is minimizing to relocate across country, shedding “things”. You are becoming an inspiration to others that have no entanglements holding them back from realizing their true potential. You continue