We’ve been talking about the great outdoors all week, and after following the other Debs’ posts on the subject, I can say I’m probably the outdoor junkie of the bunch.
I’m obsessed with being outside. I love hiking, biking, kayaking, camping, snowshoeing, and about a dozen other pursuits I adore primarily because I get to be outdoors when I do them.
In the warmer months, I eat outside every chance I get, and I’m constantly taking my dog for long hikes as an excuse to brainstorm plots.
My home office is right by the front door, and unless there’s a blizzard in progress, I like to write with the door thrown wide open. True, I end up with bugs, cats, lizards, and the occasional confused salesman in my house, but it’s a small price to pay for fresh air and the sound of chirping birds.
When I’m not busy writing funny smut romantic comedy, I spend three days a week managing marketing/PR for my city’s tourism bureau.
That’s a fancy way of saying I get paid to do things like take journalists snowshoeing or hike the Oregon Badlands Wilderness. My town is a popular tourist spot that’s often dubbed, “the outdoor playground of the west.” Basically, everyone else’s vacation my day-to-day routine.
Whenever I travel to big cities, I find myself getting claustrophobic. I look up at the skyscrapers and have a sudden urge to find the closest tree and climb it.
For the record, that’s an excellent way to get arrested.
Do you share my love of the great outdoors, or does your fondness for nature extend only as far as having a fern on your desk? Please share!
I love the outdoors. Unfortunately since 2003 I’m living where there are too many of the agribusiness chemicals and lawn chemicals about. Before now I have always spent more time outdoors than in. I miss that.
Fake ferns are easier to care for. Just sayin’.
I love the great outdoors. In theory. In actuality, I’d rather read about it. 😉
I definitely love the great outdoors. Running, hiking, skiing, camping…bring it on! I just got a sweet, gently used road bike and can’t wait to ride this spring!
That occasional confused salesman could make an interesting character in a book, don’t you think?
My desk is not by the front door — nor would that door be left open at any given time –, but the view from here is that of a beautiful wooded area that extends beyond the backyard. And that’s as close to “outdoors” as one can get here.
I like being outdoors, which is one of the reasons we moved from Florida (there’s about two good months there to be outside, otherwise it’s just hot and miserable). It’s wonderful that you live in a place that allows you to do it so often. Yay, Oregon!
I totally want to come visit and play outside!!! Not even kidding, that sounds like heaven.
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