When was the last time you were in the wilderness?

Ray Bergman
Ray Bergman
Sixth Anniversary Kudos 5 Name Dropper Participant
in Member Lounge (Just for Fun)

I pondered this question recently when I read about a very large area of New Mexico being donated to the Bureau of Land Management. It got me thinking; When was the last time I was really out in “The Wild”? Admittedly, it has been quite a while, and I am to change that soon.

How about you? When was the last time you were out in the wilderness?

Comments

  • Ray Bergman
    Ray Bergman
    Sixth Anniversary Kudos 5 Name Dropper Participant

    Hi Ashley,
    Just click the image above - the link is directly below it

  • Veronica Adams
    Veronica Adams
    Tenth Anniversary Kudos 2 Name Dropper Participant

    I live in Upstate NY and we have some beautiful state parks. Watkins Glen State Park is just gorgeous. So many waterfalls along the trails and gorges. Ithaca has several state parks with waterfalls and gorges as well. I call these parks a little slice of heaven!

  • Gary Gibson
    Gary Gibson
    Fourth Anniversary Kudos 1 Participant Facilitator 1

    I am in Utah and surrounded by great places to go hiking, which I try to do on weekend - or at least when the temperatures are not at 100. :-)

  • Pam Kroyer
    Pam Kroyer
    Eighth Anniversary Kudos 1 Participant Facilitator 1

    Utah is so beautiful. I have only visited once, but I plan to go back one day.

  • Patti Hommes
    Patti Hommes Community All-Star
    Seventh Anniversary Kudos 5 PowerUp Challenge - Chat for Blackbaud AI Task 3 PowerUp Challenge #3 Gift Management

    Our last real vacation before the pandemic was to the Galapagos Islands. Truly amazing!

  • Faith Murray
    Faith Murray Community All-Star
    Tenth Anniversary Kudos 5 First Reply Name Dropper

    We went to Grand Lake, CO last summer - rented a cabin and took the kids on some of the easy trails. But I don't really consider that “the wild”: sure, there were “watch out for mountain lion” signs posted around and the elk stared at us from the roadside driving by; but there was always easy access to bathrooms, we slept on beds, and we never ventured more than a half mile from the tourist strip while hiking.

    So the last time I was really out in “the wild” would have been about 6 years ago, when my husband and I camped out in a little primitive camping spot in southern Missouri. No bathrooms, gravel road, and watch out for poison ivy! It was great until we made camp for the night in a cloth tent and my one-year-old started wailing. There were coyotes howling out in the night. At that point, the cloth tent seemed really flimsy, and my daughter was basically advertising, “Come eat me please!” So we decided to wait till the kids are all older, before venturing back into "the wild” again.

  • Jennifer Vincent
    Jennifer Vincent
    Eighth Anniversary Kudos 3 Name Dropper Participant

    I live near the beach, so we go to the ocean pretty frequently (in the evening, as the tourists are heading to dinner) but that is nature, not wilderness. Too many people. So - we're going to the NC mountains for a week! I will be working remotely while my family goes out to play, then I'll be joining them in the evenings. We're all ready to get a break from the heat and see some hills! While it's not as dramatic as the Rocky Mountains, there is majesty to be found in the Smokies.

  • Jennifer Vincent
    Jennifer Vincent
    Eighth Anniversary Kudos 3 Name Dropper Participant

    @Pam Kroyer - YES! I love Utah and I'm so glad one of my best friends moved there. It's the perfect excuse to visit over and over. Do you like Southern Utah or Northern Utah better?

Categories