At 14 I rode a horse into the Grand Tetons for 3 days (never rode a horse before that) and white water rafted the Snake River. My dad planned the most awesome vacations.
The first thing that came to mind was walking the streets of Paris all night. Took two teenaged boys from our traveling group with me. We arrived back at the hotel as the sun was coming up, and just had time to bathe, pack, grab a quick breakfast, and board the bus for the next leg of our trip. Oh the things you see in Paris in the middle of the night!
Once took a week long trip from Ohio through Pennsylvania and into New York. Really didn't have a plan other than no freeways, no fast food. Had some cash, a credit card for emergencies and the tent & sleeping bags in case we needed them. We meandered through the backroads diverting to attractions as we saw billboard sign advertisements that intrigued us.
Spent three weeks in an intense language and cultural immersion in Guadalajara which gave me the courage to spend 17 days in Beijing just prior to the 2008 Olympics. Both trips were solo ...
Ok, most adventurous thing I've ever done: Take a bus to NYC, navigate its streets to find the office building of a girl I'd never met before, get a ride with said girl to MA, spend the entire New Year's weekend staying in a two-bedroom house with approximately twenty other people so that I could attend the infamous Amherst New Year's contra dance. Either that, or the festival a few weeks later that I attended, where I ended up hitching a ride home with a van full of Quakers.
Jumped down the stairs in my old house when I was like 5.
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marymc says,
At 14 I rode a horse into the Grand Tetons for 3 days (never rode a horse before that) and white water rafted the Snake River. My dad planned the most awesome vacations.Wench says,
Get in a car with L2L3. =P No really, I will have to ponder this one and get back to you.jl333 says,
That's probably going to be ba-miracle's answer too Wench.accidentaltourist says,
The first thing that came to mind was walking the streets of Paris all night. Took two teenaged boys from our traveling group with me. We arrived back at the hotel as the sun was coming up, and just had time to bathe, pack, grab a quick breakfast, and board the bus for the next leg of our trip. Oh the things you see in Paris in the middle of the night!MO_Thoughts2 says,
Once took a week long trip from Ohio through Pennsylvania and into New York. Really didn't have a plan other than no freeways, no fast food. Had some cash, a credit card for emergencies and the tent & sleeping bags in case we needed them. We meandered through the backroads diverting to attractions as we saw billboard sign advertisements that intrigued us.SingerSomewhere says,
I ate a worm and a cricket for my youth group's version of Fear Factor.canadafreeze says,
Spent three weeks in an intense language and cultural immersion in Guadalajara which gave me the courage to spend 17 days in Beijing just prior to the 2008 Olympics. Both trips were solo ...Wench says,
Ok, most adventurous thing I've ever done: Take a bus to NYC, navigate its streets to find the office building of a girl I'd never met before, get a ride with said girl to MA, spend the entire New Year's weekend staying in a two-bedroom house with approximately twenty other people so that I could attend the infamous Amherst New Year's contra dance. Either that, or the festival a few weeks later that I attended, where I ended up hitching a ride home with a van full of Quakers.catsmeow says,
Sailed across the ocean in a 36' sailboat. Just me and my almost-husband.ctgoods2 says,
still doing it - raising teenagers. Every day has been and continues to be an adventure.ba_miracle says,
Yes Jl333, That was quite an adventure ;-)Moving across country alone.
Loon says,
hiked my family to bottom of the Grand Canyonoopsalittle says,
getting married then leaving after five months when I turned eighteenJAD says,
Flying to Jaimaca with eleven other ladies.LynnGlenn says,
Jumped down the stairs in my old house when I was like 5.