The Bear Minimum

It’s not all that long, but it’s not all that soon, either.

It has gotten to that time of the year where the holidays are well past, and you start to look forward to your vacation in the Summer. I think, dear reader, that being cooped up most of the day in a dim office can have that sort of effect on one’s psyche, where they spend their free time dreaming of warm days and fields to walk in and beaches to lay on. Then of course, once you get there, you remember why you don’t like flies and the smell of cow dung, and that sand inevitably gets everywhere. But that’s all part of the charm, isn’t it?

This year my wife and I want to have planned our vacation well in advance, and we want to try things we’ve not tried before. She suggested we go windsurfing, which sounded like a lot of fun, but not to be outdone, I suggested zorbing, which sounds like even more fun, though perhaps dizziness will be a slight issue. You do roll down a hill in a giant ball, after all. Much like those little hamster balls.

We then thought about toning it down somewhat, so she suggested wildlife watching, which would be very nice in the Summer, and I suggested Gorge Walking, which seems like an amazing activity to me. I love the variety of locales here in our fair Britain, and I am looking forward to stepping out this Summer and seeing some places I’ve never seen before, and doing some activities I’ve absolutely never done before!

I do hope that you too, dear reader, take the opportunity to do something out of the ordinary, positively extraordinary, this Summer like my wife and I are!