As a kid, my father would devise treasure hunts as a way of giving me a gift. \u00a0They would result in a toy of some sort (like a He-Man figure), but the true gift was the treasure hunt; a series of hand-drawn pictorial clues on a Post-It note. \u00a0He is an amazing illustrator, so these clues were as good as photographs made of a few eloquent lines. \u00a0I still remember one of the treasure sites being buried under a large rock in a lot across the street.<\/p>\n
Adventure is still as enticing as in my childhood, so I devised a similar way to enjoy my first roadtrip to the South. \u00a0It began as a simple To-Do list; ‘hike a mountain,’ ‘buy a used instrument.’ \u00a0It quickly became open-ended constraints; ‘eat a new food,’ ‘give something away.’<\/p>\n
1. Climb a mountain<\/p>\n
2. Find a waterfall or cliff jump<\/p>\n
3. Seek out a local legend<\/p>\n
4. Record a song<\/p>\n
5. Build a fire without lighter fluid<\/p>\n
6. Walk along train tracks<\/p>\n
7. Skinny dip<\/p>\n
8. See a band (bonus: perform a song with em)<\/p>\n
9. Eat a new food<\/p>\n
10. See some wildlife<\/p>\n
11. Visit a brewery \/ still<\/p>\n
12. Make some street art<\/p>\n
13. Spend time on a raft\/boat-like object<\/p>\n
14. Get to an uninhabited island (bonus: stay overnight)<\/p>\n
15. Have a stranger sing me Happy Bday<\/p>\n
16. Give something away<\/p>\n
17. Buy a used instrument (bonus: barter for it)<\/p>\n
18. Trust a stranger<\/p>\n
19. Catch a wave<\/p>\n
20. Catch a fish<\/p>\n
21. Set off fireworks<\/p>\n
22. Dinner with a stranger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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