love hiking in the woods

where ever i go i love to backpacks with my huge travel backpacks...
in an article i was reading the author was asked why he backpacks..
so i thought i needed to answer this question for myself....

my family has asked me this very same question....
some of them think i am crazy...
(and the rest of them know i am)...
they just don't understand why.....
why i enjoy carrying so much weight on my back and sleeping in a tent and walking for miles.....
sometimes in not the best of weather to do such.....

so, i thought for a second and the answer didn't come that easily....
so i thought some more and some more and came up with my response....
for one thing...
i love the outdoors....
anything outdoors....
i am even looking forward to our upcoming raft ride....
no schedules to keep..
no timetable as it is in our concrete jungle...
i can explore at my own pace...
without any particular schedule...
no deadlines..
no phones..
no worries..
hike my own hike..
be carefree....

my curiosity makes me need and want to see...
what is around the next bend or up the next hill...
and it doesn't matter how many times i do...
the same hike every time it is different..
the same things won't be around the same bend each and every time..
sometimes the bend is even in a different spot..

also...
i like the knowledge that i know i can survive...
with everything on my back and that material possessions...
don't mean a whole lot out there...
and really the only thing that matters is the experiences
i bring with me and the experiences i take home with me....

p/s: official holiday islamic new year 1 Muharam 1432H