Living in these modern times, I find that it is very difficult to have an adventure. In fact, I used to say that a missions trip was the only real modern adventure since it lets you encounter so many things you are not used to. If you go back 150 to 200 years ago, there were plenty of adventures to have in America. You could move to the wild west or go for the gold during the gold rush in California, or hike around and check stuff out like Lewis and Clark. Such adventures did have huge risks though. You had to move your entire livelihood. You could be killed by Indians or robbed by bandits. But I've thought about it some more and there are definitely more kinds of adventures. That reality show, The Amazing Race, is definitely an adventure. Even if it wasn't a race, just to travel through so many countries would be an adventure. Living in a foreign country is definitely an adventure (until you get used to it).

Anyways, I've thought long on this topic and I think about travelers before our modern conveniences. The apostles traveled all over Europe and Asia Minor with just boats and feet and maybe a donkey or horse. What was it like for a settler to travel from the East to the West coast in a covered wagon? Imagine all the stuff they saw and how long they saw it. It's not like a road trip where you just get desensitized to the surroundings in a short time. You really get to see every nook and cranny. Which leads me to my adventure propsoal. How cool would it be to ride a bike across the entire U.S.? Is it even possible? I looked online and I was surprised to see that alot of people have actually done it. People ranging from kids to elderly have made different paths across the U.S. Some go West to East, some go East to West, some stay to the North part, and others stick to the South. It's been done in every kind of weather. It doesn't discourage me that it's been done, but I guess it is possible. The stories that people have put on the web regarding their adventure have been very interesting. One guy encountered a man on foot who was walking across the whole U.S. He had caught up to him about 2/3 the way through and the man had been walking for 6 months! That didn't seem very appealing to me. Two older women in their 60s did it in 69 days along the 10 freeway pretty much. Another guy about my age did it from Virginia to Oregon in 60 days on the official Trans-America bike trail. I didn't know such a thing existed. But this one guy did it in 3 weeks from California to Florida. On one particular day, he biked 230 miles...nuts! Anyways, I'm not sure which route I'm going to take yet, but I'm in pretty good shape, so I think I could do it in 45 days. That's still too much time to take off work though. I'll have to do it in between jobs. I doubt I could take a leave of absence for such a thing.

Alot of people said they would never do that again, but they were so glad they did it. I can imagine. I have no idea when I'm going to do it, but if I plan to quit my job, then that's definitely what I'm doing next. This is something I hope I get to do one day. In the meantime, I'll have to keep my adventures down to two weeks.