Does Age Quash Our Spirit of Adventure?

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Whether or not it's less "adventurous," I don't much like roughing it any more.

While I still want to organize a LoT camping trip for next Spring ... I find I'm more the cabin type than the tent type nowadays.

And if I find myself trekking across Europe, it will be from hotel suite to hotel suite.

But the urge to trek across Europe, and to be close to nature so I can kayak on the river and climb high in the mountains is still there. A bit has changed with age ... but mostly due to creature comfort desires rather than adventure yen changes.

Oh, I so hear you on this. I don't know if we can make it if you guys plan the Yosemite thing but while I liked the looks of a big gang of people hooking up at Housekeeping Camp {the set up with lights, tables set up to play cards, music, people next to you that you KNOW} and I even bought gear {but I just like to shop} inside my mind is leaning towards 'No way!!'

Also, I am booking hotels all up the coast of CA/OR and then back down the innerds of CA and when I was younger, price was it. I wanted to save money, I wasn't worried what we would get, as long as it was clean, heck it was only one night.

But, I just CAN'T do it!! I am booking nicer places, even if we are just going to be there to sleep and breakfast.

Is this a sign of age or an indication that I am paranoid of freaks and bed bugs?

[lashbear]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

when I was younger, price was it. I wanted to save money, I wasn't worried what we would get, as long as it was clean, heck it was only one night.

But, I just CAN'T do it!! I am booking nicer places, even if we are just going to be there to sleep and breakfast.

Is this a sign of age or an indication that I am paranoid of freaks and bed bugs?

Actually, my theory is when you travel whilst young, price IS a big deciding factor, and then as you get older with more assets and capital on your side you think "Bugger this, I'm going to get the best accommodation I can, because I've earned it !"

There's also the fact that the world has lost it's innocence and the media breeds paranoia - EG. we were contemplating a camping trip to newnes http://www.lisp.com.au/~newnesk/ and we would have done this in a flash while we were young and didn't think too much about things - but now we're older and wiser, and considering that society is changing for the worse (for example, the likes of Ivan Milat and the Balangalow State Forest Murders), are you all that safe sleeping in a tent with only a bit of material between you and a knife ?

And then there's the thought of child-molesters hanging around campsites to perv on your kids in the communal shower blocks etc...

Let's face it - you can't do things now that you could years ago - like hitch-hike your way around the country, or sleep on the beach, or even sleep in your car at the side of the road !

The more you know about the modern world and the people in it, the scarier it becomes, and the less you want to expose yourself to the danger.

Having said that, we're probably still going to Newnes this year

[lashbear]

Originally Posted by lashbear

we were contemplating a camping trip to newnes http://www.lisp.com.au/~newnesk/ and we would have done this in a flash while we were young ......
......Having said that, we're probably still going to Newnes this year

We're such pushovers !! Having looked at the website we've just booked the caravan for a weekend in September ! Yay - only 1 month to go !!!

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by lashbear

Actually, my theory is when you travel whilst young, price IS a big deciding factor, and then as you get older with more assets and capital on your side you think "Bugger this, I'm going to get the best accommodation I can, because I've earned it !"

There's also the fact that the world has lost it's innocence and the media breeds paranoia - EG. we were contemplating a camping trip to newnes http://www.lisp.com.au/~newnesk/ and we would have done this in a flash while we were young and didn't think too much about things - but now we're older and wiser, and considering that society is changing for the worse (for example, the likes of Ivan Milat and the Balangalow State Forest Murders), are you all that safe sleeping in a tent with only a bit of material between you and a knife ?

And then there's the thought of child-molesters hanging around campsites to perv on your kids in the communal shower blocks etc...

Let's face it - you can't do things now that you could years ago - like hitch-hike your way around the country, or sleep on the beach, or even sleep in your car at the side of the road !

The more you know about the modern world and the people in it, the scarier it becomes, and the less you want to expose yourself to the danger.

Having said that, we're probably still going to Newnes this year

Oh my gosh. All of the above, I guess. On top of the yuck factor.

Yeah for your plans!!!