Pushing Myself Outdoors

I created this blog to keep a record of my attempts to enjoy the outdoors again. There may be useful information in this blog, but probably only to people with similarities to me and my hobbies.

I call it Pushing Myself Outdoors because I am doing just that. I enjoy being outdoors, but not playing organized sports. I enjoy exploring, setting goals and reaching them or just pushing myself to a physical limit to feel a sense of accomplishment. Hiking, biking and geocaching are means to that end.

I also enjoy television and the internet and eating. Mostly eating as an adjunct to those things. I find I can't eat while I am biking, hiking and geocaching. But, this is not a blog about my diet. I am not Pushing Myself Outdoors to lose weight, although that has happened some. I am doing it to keep a sense of wonder and excitement in my suburban life.

I won't tell you much about me as statistics. I will let you find those things out as I post.

I started to rediscover my sense of wonder when I started teaching my children about astronomy. I know only the most basic things, I assure you. But out here in the bedroom community it's still pretty dark on a clear night and we can watch stars. They are small (children, not stars, stars are big) so their attention spans are not long. Which is great, since it gives me the chance to learn as I go.

I was inspired by the scenes in the movie "Contact" when Ellie and her father would watch the skies and talk on the HAM Radio. It seemed like such an incredible connection between father and daughter and it has gestated as such for us. Now if I can get around the homeowner's association restrictions to put up that HAM Radio antenna!

If anyone finds this, thank you for reading.