As I mentioned in the last post, the end of Christmas break saw me as lazy and depressed because I wasn't social or productive. For the last several years, hiking has been one of my escapes and basically, any time I've had a week or so free, I've looked to get away and marvel in God's creation. The biggest drawbacks to that are that 1) I live in Indiana, where decent hiking is several hours away and 2) airplane tickets are expensive, at least on a Midwestern teachers salary. Between backpacker.com and bigroads.com, I've got a list of about 250 different awesome hikes in the states. However, very few of them are in the midwest, but one I've been eying for a while is Zaleski state forest out in Ohio, which is about four hours away from me. I contemplated going several times over the end of Christmas break, but didn't go. Now, I've got Monday off and the only thing I have on Tuesday is Calc recitation so I've got the time, but its going to get really cold in the next couple of days so I think I'll save some gas and hotel money and just stay here still (possibly regretting it) but there's a chance I head out tomorrow morning at 7.
Morning edit: I did not go. Instead, I sit here in my apartment, updating this post. I still think I made the right decision, but I also think its a little bit irresponsible not to road trip when gas is $1.60. I will make up for this at spring break, and after the semester ends, and for my first honeymoon, but still...
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