How to Travel Curiously
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This guide is geared towards exploration
amateurs. Remember, curiosity is key. Don’t
worry, we’ll find you a hand to hold.
Preparation
Before every great adventure, it is of great
necessity to prepare a knapsack packed with
goods:
1. high glucose but fibrous (therefore
healthy) s’mores granola bars
2. packets of tiny colourful bow-tie fruit
drops
3. pretzels drizzled with chocolate
4. a small container of fresh cut
watermelon and strawberries
5. a fork your mother won’t miss
6. a leather bound journal
7. a note pad/to-do list
8. an inky red ballpoint pen
9. a pack of cards
10. a couple plastic bags (you never know
what kind of artifacts you may come
across)
11. a mix of bills and coins enough for an
ice cream expedition
12. a map (from the local bus stop), for
parent pick-up co-ordinates in case you
get lost
13. a fellow adventurer to witness your
discoveries
14. a positive attitude, and most important
of all: Curiosity
Steps to Great Adventures
1. For those who take shelter under the roof of
one’s parents, call them, leave them a note
(a sticky-note on the door will do), and
remind them over breakfast, lunch and
dinner (starting from the morning before)
to ensure that they understand and
remember that you are bound for
adventure.
2. Take a step outside, and be consumed
by the rays of the sun. Breathe in. The
tulips billow in the light breeze with pink
cores and yellow dye seeping down the soft
velvet petals. Breathe out. Consider this
thought; do plants have feelings?
3. Notice the robin perched on the power
line, singing in harmony with the
swallows somewhere hidden in the vastness
of the sky. Breathe in… breathe out. You
are ready to depart.
4. With your knapsack on your back, set
off, skipping down the sidewalk, the
cement pushing back up against your feet
to the dwelling of your partner in crime.
5. Think to yourself; are you the one
hitting the ground, or is the ground the
one hitting you? Pull out a notepad. Write
in your to-do list, “Borrow a book that
details the three famous laws of Newton
regarding forces.”
6. While you wait for their welcome, sit on
the on the floral cushioned porch swing,
gently swaying with the wind. Kick off
those mud caked sandals and pop open a
bag of pretzels; obviously because they’d be
first to be crushed.
7. Glace towards the nearest tree top,
spying on a newly hatched robin, pink
and featherless. Question yourself: why do
birds lay eggs?
8. Before you officially depart, a brief
battle plan must be confirmed. A map
should be spread out on the nearest picnic
wooden table while the best route is plotted
out. Draw out some dotted routes with the
red, inky pen you brought along.
9. Take a break. Let the idea of how pens
are manufactured boggle your brain.
Make a mental note to yourself, find the
right How It’s Made episode online once
you get home.
10. Follow this carefully prepared plan and
head to the first destination. Tread
carefully, being sure not to step on
wriggling earthworms or scurrying ants.
Notice the long, seemingly faceless and
dually double-tailed worm; how can they
even reproduce?
11. Arriving at the nearest forest within
your suburban neighborhood, realise that
this olive, wooded, mud trail path is where
real adventure begins.
12. Embark with caution.
13. Study the rocks, darting squirrels
that rustle leaves, and the swamps;
noticing small fish and turtles rippling
the surface of murky pond water. However
interesting the tiny creatures of suburban
forests may be, still take note and honour
the microscopic creatures as well. Miniscule
protists and bacterial life forms are
everywhere.
14. Throughout your journey, it is highly
recommended that you keep an eye out for
small clearings within the forest, just big
enough to fit two people lying flat on their
backs.
15. Keep an eye out for long branches in
the sea of green that resemble faces and
objects created by the contrast of the dark
shadows. Collect them.
16. Be amazed. Nature is so bountiful and
each creature, branch and leaf is unique.
God is so good.
17. With the collected branches, build a
small shelter in the clearing you found.
18. When all is done, take a rest. Snack on
chewy granola bars and wash off the
sticky chocolate that melted off with water
from trickling stream. Wipe your hands
on sleeves of your partner, secretly.
19. Crack open a book and flip to the
bookmarked pages. Insert pretty leaves,
flowers and petals collected throughout the
trip; they’ll be preserved.
20. The sun is setting and time drains its
light along with your energy. Your
eyelids get heavy and slowly but surely,
your eyelashes meet. Breathe in. Feel a
light breeze graze your skin. Breathe out.
Hear the soft buzz of dancing bumble bees.
21. Relax. Rest upon the travel knapsack.
If your adventure partner has fallen into a
deep state of slumber from all the physical
activity, you will be assigned Mission
TTS: Take Their Sweater. Once TTS has
been accomplished, display your victory
by wrapping it around you; its dual
purpose being to keep you warm of course.
22. Open your eyes. Let your partner know
that you’re awake to stop them from
shaking you any longer. Tell them “Yes,
__________. I’m awake.” in the most
enthusiastic, energy-filled voice you have.
23. Brush off the curious ants wandering
across your belly. Let your eyes trail after
them, because you never know when you’ll
find their secret anthill entrance. If you
do, mark it with a flag. Then you’ll know
where to return to the next day.
24. Head home after an eventful day and
have a hearty meal; chunky clam chowder
complemented by crispy saltine crackers.
Get some rest, because adventure awaits,
and it’ll knock on your door bright and
early tomorrow morning.
25. Repeat steps 1-24 until summer ends.
On those seemingly bland summer days which occur
far too frequently, one may choose to pursue
productivity and entertainment versus being a first
class couch potato. However we may ideas that spark
seem to be nonsensical. The irritating sound of
upcoming due dates constantly ringing ten months a
year (eleven if you’re the eager study enthusiast) is no
longer existent. This “entercational” (a curious cross
between entertainment and education) How-to Guide
will open your eyes to the world as you have never seen
it before. Envelope your senses and dive into this
adventure to great depths untraveled.
We feature a convenient pocket-sized edition,
satisfaction is guaranteed.