How to give some structured fun or goals to walks & bike rides?

Post date: 2020-05-21 17:03:41

I'm working from home and going for lots of walks in my neighborhood these days. I generally bike commute but haven't been on my bike much lately at all. I've been thinking it would be nice to have some low key things I could do on my walks or a bit further afield on my bike. Sometimes I take photos of flowers or interesting things. Sometimes I'm with my partner or my dog, and sometimes both. But it would be great to have some sort of fun goal or structure to give a bit of interest and get me moving in some new directions or for longer walks. Any ideas?

I live in an in-town neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, though I don't think this question needs to be specific to my neighborhood. I could do something like walk every street or visit every park within a certain radius but that's not terribly interesting, and just being completist doesn't really do it. One time I took photos of only white flowers, which was mildly interesting. When I'm with my partner we often talk about the flowers and trees we see.

I saw someone through my work had an idea to do a neighborhood scavenger hunt, but then you were supposed to come up with the ideas for the scavenger hunt, so that's not so much fun for me. My partner and I also talked about riding our bikes to get takeout and then eating at a park. But that's about as adventurous as our ideas get.

Do you have any suggestions to help me add something interesting to my walks? Or, if I go a few miles away, bike rides?

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