Quotes About Outdoors

Line 130: I never bounced a ball or swung a bat Frankly I too never excelled in soccer and cricket; I am a passable horseman, a vigorous though unorthodox skier, a good skater, a tricky wrestler, and an enthusiastic mountain climber.

Marry an outdoors woman. That way, if you have to throw her out into the yard for the night, she can still survive.

Everything good in there, T? Niko quipped. You need backup or anything? Bag of marshmallows to roast over that little campfire you just started?

Another thing I like to do is sit back and take in nature. To look at the birds, listen to their singing, go hiking, camping and jogging and running, walking along the beach, playing games and sometimes being alone with the great outdoors. It's very special to me.

Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.

I suppose I should make all the skis six foot and let Leif grow into them. That way we could all use them easy enough." He shook his head. "I know my wife would love to ski again. You ever seen anyone carry a baby in a sling or backpack while on skis?

The weather had relented, and fish, as they knew from their first visit to the river, were plentiful.

I also have a hammock I spend a lot of time in - mostly just because hammocks are awesome and people don't have to explain why they have them.

Clear your mind of all dread and suspicion; this is the first step in the wilderness life. Think not the water will drown you, or that anything in the water or on land will bite or poison you. Have confidence in nature and yourself. Perhaps three-fourths of your physical failures are due to lack of nerve and will-power. It

it helps that in michigan everyone goes inside from november through april. but from may until october they are outside, on display, and all of a sudden if you are single, you have a window to heaven and no way at all to get in.

The Army gives you $100 a month for three months. The men who didn't go seem to have all the good jobs and you just go back to where you came from and try to pick up where you left off. I went back to live with my parents in West Philly and back to Pearlstein's to pick up where I left off as an apprentice. But I couldn't handle being cooped up in a job after living outdoors all that time overseas.

on rock, in gravel, and alluvial mud, under the bright sky of

Hoeing in the garden on a bright, soft May day, when you are not obligated to, is nearly equal to the delight of going trouting.

But I have always liked bird dogs better than kennel-fed dogs myself--you know, one that will get out and hunt for food rather than sit on his fanny and yell.

Let your working ideas go for a picnic — sometimes the fresh air and ant bites are just what they need. Many great ideas were bitten a little at the beginning.

Campers: Nature's way of feeding mosquitoes.

When a traveler asked Wordsworth's servant to show him her master's study, she answered, "Here is his library, but his study is out of doors."

dancing in the rain at nature's cloudy party

You know you're a skydiver when you know what the lines mean on a weather map.

If you must smoke, take your butt outside.

Let nature be in your yard.

I found my way to street level and into what optimists call 'fresh air

The cold air stung us and we played till our bodies glowed.

We might be forced to eat raw s'mores