At some point, we want to do something epic...

Meeting a couple of guys like Mike and David makes us want to get out there and do more neat stuff. As much as some of you think that we are fairly adventurous, our activities pale in comparison when we see what other people are doing. I mean really, can you imagine what it takes to paddle a canoe across Canada? We have no ambition to do that. The same way that we have no ambition to climb Mt. Everest.

But, there are some things we'd like to do. Something epic... something that makes people say "wow" when you tell them what you did.

Like maybe walk across Canada? That, I think we could do.

The nearly completed Trans Canada Trail.

The Trans Canada Trail has been under construction since 1992 and it's almost completed. I fact, In read the other day that a young woman (age 24) completed the walk just last week. Some sections are still not finished, but she walked it anyhow. It took her two years!

https://thegreattrail.ca/news/sarah-jackson-completes-the-trail/

Now, we wouldn't do it that way. Number one, because we wouldn't be in Canada during the winter. And number two, we wouldn't follow the exact route of the trail because it's not direct enough. But, we could walk across Canada if we split it into two summer seasons.

The problem with doing something "epic" like that is that it does actually take a lot of time. The summer season is when we have other things planned that we want to do. (I mean, once we stop working during the summer, which may not be that far off.) We want to drive Sherman up to northern Canada for a summer. Probably some of Alaska at the same time. We want to go to countries that aren't worth visiting during the winter. Norway, more of Europe, and even Russia and Kazakhstan are some countries on our "bucket" list..

And, there are some parts of the U.S. that we want to spend more time in during the summer. Utah, Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Washington.

So, its tough to make a commitment to do a trip like walking across Canada because it will use up two complete summers.

There are other long distance walks we'd like to do as well. Ruth wants to do the Camino de Santiago trail in Spain. I'm not sold on the idea because so many people already do it. And, there are better long distance walks in terms of scenery.

And, we're not getting any younger, although that's not a real concern for us yet. We figure we've got 15 years yet where we can realistically do these kinds of things, but obviously as time marches on it does become a consideration.

So...at some point we will do something epic. But it won't be in a canoe across Canada, and it won't be in a cold Canadian winter!

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