The Campfire Trail: July 25 - Resort Adventures

July 25, 2022

Day 217 of the Adventure

Base Camp Coffee of the Day: Lost in the Woods (Guatemala)

Waking up at 2am and wishing morning would hurry up and get here is a strange experience. Especially on a Monday. It is so backwards to everything I "Lived" for nearly 25 years when Monday morning (and every other morning of the typical week) meant waking to an alarm clock to begin getting ready to head to the job. So much of my "Awake and Working" time was spent trying to figure out how to find a way to escape that routine. The "starting line" for that began about 20 years ago when we started our real estate investing business. At least then, the "wake up and get going" part was self motivated and self directed. But still was a lot of work. I have to say it was mostly enjoyable though. About 10 years ago when we bought our first of five resort properties, the work went from........ Work....... to work with benefits. I mostly enjoyed and looked forward to the start of a new day. Ironically, the resort business gave me reason to look forward to the Mondays through Thursdays, but begin to dread the Fridays through Sunday afternoons. Not because I disliked the guests who packed the resorts during the weekends. It was the 12-16 hour days that usually started about 6am for me and sometimes didn't end until I escaped into the house, turned out the lights and locked the doors around 10pm.

Now, with the resorts gone (except for the treehouses) I'm learning that any and every morning is potentially something to look forward to. The exception to that is when I know in advance there is some unpleasant task awaiting me. Like driving to town for example. Or perhaps finishing up some random detail on the septic system installation. (It was easier before it was functioning. Now that it's working, it just needs to stay buried! Yes, today we need to pick up and install some sealant for the riser extensions) Any number of things can potentially disturb a perfect day, but for the most part, morning and whatever it brings with it are something to look forward to. That's the Camp Run-Amuck way.

In many ways over the past 20 years, we have tried to show examples of what life can look like if you have the courage (or perhaps, bad judgement) to step outside your comfort zone and pursue a dream. For Shelley and I, that dream was one of escaping our version of the rat race and chasing after a dream of life revolving around our love for the outdoors. Even our early business ventures which had very little to do with the outdoors was an important part of the journey. It gave us the all-important means to an escape. When you hear us encourage the pursuit of a dream, it's nothing more than a testament to what kind of an impact to your life adventure a strongly held dream can have.

Adventure Quote: “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”

― Eleanor Roosevelt

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