adventure happens by accident

I mowed the lawn yesterday, and, somewhere during the process, I must have stopped momentarily on a fire ant hill.

My ankle is swollen like a bag of rising bread this morning.

Those bugs biting me left a mark.

WHAT AN ADVENTURE!!

That’s funny about “adventure”….it can happen anywhere and in the most mundane ways.

We went to Tryon to check out the equestrian center last night.

They have something called “Saturday Night Lights” there….on Saturday.

It was a grand spectacle….but didn’t feel like an adventure.

Lots of rich people….horses….rich people riding horses….jumping around on horses.

We left before the horses really started jumping over stuff….the kids were tired and we didn’t want to buy expensive food.

But….the facilities are amazing….world class.

I don’t think that you take a planned tour for adventure.

I think that you just “go”….and then compensate for all the weirdness and random events that you encounter as you make your way through the unfamiliar.

Keep your eyes open and your heart tender….all the adventure in the world is close at hand.

Adventure will bite you if you stand in the right place long enough.

Even standing still….adventure will bite you.

Saturday Night Lights

 

About Peter Rorvig

I'm a non-practicing artist, a mailman, a husband, a father...not listed in order of importance. I believe that things can always get better....and that things are usually better than we think.

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