Free Time! = Busy Mind!

With loads of free time on my hands this weekend, I found myself thinking, exploring, wondering, planning, enjoying!  All this wandering was related, in one way or another, to my passion for mountain adventures and how I plan them, capture them and document them.  

I was looking back at my charts, comparing how much I have been "Out & About" just hiking this year compared to the last two. While there is no way I will surpass 2010's numbers, there is potential for beating last year's given I still have two months left to make that happen.  Then again, if winter conditions are now upon us, the kilometers will come via snowshoeing, skating or X-Skiing, and those digits are not included here.

As I found myself doing all this thinking and so on, I also realized getting into this time of year, as crazy as it may sound, is when I do lots of planning, exploring and enjoying mountain adventures by myself.  I may need to do something about that, beware, I might be calling on you!

I have been thinking about where I would like to adventure to in 2013.  Cuddled in my big blanket on my sofa, looking outside at the snow blow and fall,  I spent a few hours yesterday browsing maps and books about areas in the Yukon.

 I have no idea of the whens, whats, wheres or hows yet!  

It all begins with a dream, and oh boy, am I dreaming!   

I took time to admire my stones and to reflect on what they represent and how I enjoyed incorporating them into my thinking, exploring, wondering, planning, enjoying.  While I wonder every day, it has been awhile since I specifically experienced a "Wondering Wednesday".  

I am always trying to learn and I don't always acknowledge or share what I learned. I did share a few lessons learned with you in past, but it has been awhile since doing so.  My stone messages seem to be passing phases.  I do have another one in mind already that may come to fruition soon.  

.....like I have said many times before......

.....be sure to.....

Time now for some more thinking, exploring, wondering, planning, enjoying!