Casual Friday open thread: What’s your favorite outdoor activity?

It’s Casual Friday, the off-topic open thread where we veer away from Seattle Seahawks football.

Today’s theme is all about the great outdoors, ironically as you’re probably reading this indoors. The official start of summer in this half of the hemisphere is just a few weeks away, and that means a lot of grilling, chilling, and taking advantage of the sunshine and beautiful weather.

Our favorite NFL team is based in the Pacific Northwest, which is one of the premier places to be an outdoors person. There are trails aplenty for hiking and camping, all sorts of lakes and rivers for fishing, kayaking, canoeing, jet skiing, parks for cookouts, playing sports, and picnicking, and of course you’ve got the Puget Sound up in Washington or just go way out to the coastline to enjoy the Pacific Ocean. Anybody built a good sandcastle or spiked a volleyball through some poor soul’s head lately?

Being surrounded by so many parks and walking trails I am partial to forested areas with wetlands and/or creeks. So much wildlife, so much biodiversity, and you can discover something new pretty much all the time.

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