I went backpacking with a couple of friends. We covered 23 miles of the North Country Trail and camped out overnight.
We were out of cell range and out in the wilderness, no other people, no cars or trucks or human noises.
Close camaraderie. Physical exercise. Silence. Nature. Weary feet in cool streams. Rewarding achievement. The sensation of walking barefoot on the earth after a hard effort. Being caught in a downpour and thunderstorm - then the glorious joy of drying out in the afternoon sun on a remote piece of blacktop.
There's a lot of really great things to do in this life, apart from drinking.
What did you do last weekend instead of drinking?
