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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip is about finding adventures even in this complicated time. Yes,

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Speaker 1: it is harder to build memories when many normal sources

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Speaker 1: of fun aren't available, but it is not impossible, and

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Speaker 1: that is an important difference. I hear from lots of

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Speaker 1: people about how they spend their time, and one of

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Speaker 1: the biggest struggles right now is that many people feel

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Speaker 1: there isn't as much to look forward to. I was

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Speaker 1: thinking recently about some of the activities I put on

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Speaker 1: my winter fun list. Last year, I took my kids

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Speaker 1: to the Philadelphia Auto Show and we got to Lamborghinis.

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Speaker 1: We went to the Philadelphia Flowers Show and let butterflies

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Speaker 1: land on all of us in the enclosed, somewhat crowded

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Speaker 1: butterfly exhibits. There were parties planned and so forth. This

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Speaker 1: year are many big events like that are still on hold.

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Speaker 1: People get tired of doing the same few activities over

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Speaker 1: and over again. Planning fun adventures always takes work. Planning

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Speaker 1: fun adventures in the time of coronavirus takes even more work.

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Speaker 1: But so what I think fun that takes. Work is

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Speaker 1: still better than giving up. So let's get to work.

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Speaker 1: Build in a little time today to start brainstorming a

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Speaker 1: list of adventures. Keep coming back to this list as

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Speaker 1: you think about it. We can start with the great outdoors,

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Speaker 1: since open spaces may pose less risk, don't write off

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Speaker 1: outdoor fun because of the weather. Bundle up. We've gone

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Speaker 1: sledging on various hills near our home and found some

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Speaker 1: new ones. If you live in places with deep snow,

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Speaker 1: you could try snow shoeing, across country skiing. If you

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Speaker 1: don't have snow, you can do lawn games or biking

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Speaker 1: or anything else. Have a picnic even in the cold.

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Speaker 1: Your food won't go bad. If you like your warmth,

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Speaker 1: drive somewhere pretty and then have a picnick in your car.

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Speaker 1: Go for a walk or a run somewhere different. A

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Speaker 1: botanical garden greenhouse is a nice respite from the cold.

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Speaker 1: A zoo is like a walk with animals. Fun for

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Speaker 1: kids and perhaps fun for adults too. Don't be deterred

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Speaker 1: from going to destinations that are farther afield. I mean,

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Speaker 1: these days, what else do you have going on? You'll

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Speaker 1: be happier driving two hours each way to spend two

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Speaker 1: hours on a nice hike, then you will be spending

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Speaker 1: six hours in front of the TV. Make a day

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Speaker 1: trip to see people, or to see a park or

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Speaker 1: a forest. My husband in my eleven year old recently

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Speaker 1: drove an hour and fifteen minutes both ways to do

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Speaker 1: ninety minutes of night skiing at a hill that was

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Speaker 1: open late. Now, maybe they wouldn't have done that if

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Speaker 1: it had been a full weekend of six birthday parties,

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Speaker 1: twelve tournaments and church and so forth. But right now

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Speaker 1: we're kind of filling time, and that did fill time.

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Speaker 1: Of course, you don't have to go outside. A lot

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Speaker 1: of museums are actually open with timed reservation systems, and

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Speaker 1: they aren't that crowded. This could actually be a perfect

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Speaker 1: time to visit. Or if you'd rather stay in your

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Speaker 1: own space, you can find audio guided tours of many

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Speaker 1: cities or neighborhoods, often with a particular focus. For instance,

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Speaker 1: you could take a driving tour of the historic sites

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Speaker 1: in Savannah, Georgia, or places of significance to the civil

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Speaker 1: rights movement in Memphis. And of course you can just

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Speaker 1: explore your own city independently, following your curiosity and driving

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Speaker 1: through areas that you've never explored before. You can create

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Speaker 1: adventures at home too, build a treehouse, try out that

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Speaker 1: new cinnamon role recipe, stream a lecture on the back,

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Speaker 1: b minor mass, all those projects you've always said you'd

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Speaker 1: love to do if you had time. Well, maybe this

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Speaker 1: weekend is the time. I will put a plug in

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Speaker 1: here for zoom parties. Yes, yes, I know, but done right,

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Speaker 1: they can be fun. Fewer than ten people keep it

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Speaker 1: short an our max, someone needs to be in charge,

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Speaker 1: but raising a glass to toast someone and then doing

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Speaker 1: two rounds of a Cahoots quiz game can be a

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Speaker 1: perfectly lovely way to spend a Friday night. I know

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Speaker 1: people who have had a fabulous scavenger hunt with instructions

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Speaker 1: to go search their homes for things like something that

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Speaker 1: makes you laugh, for something that's older than you are.

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Speaker 1: On a weekend not too long ago, my family streamed

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Speaker 1: a concert, went to a special museum exhibit, ordered Chinese

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Speaker 1: food to celebrate the lunar New Year, and yep, once sledding.

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Speaker 1: These weren't the biggest adventures ever, but you know what,

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Speaker 1: they weren't bad either. What adventures have you had lately?

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Speaker 1: I'd love to hear. You can reach me at Laura

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Speaker 1: at Laura Vanderkamp dot com. In the meantime, this is Laura.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening and here's to making the most of

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Speaker 1: our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear from you.

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