Photo Blogging Challenge (August 2024): Explore

The world is a vast place.

I love to explore. It cane be near. It can be far. It can be in a car! But exploring is a part of life that allows you to grow as a person. I think anyway.

Alas, I have realized as I get older, I am not into certain things anymore. While I like to travel and see things, it’s also harder. It’s also more expensive. So I try and do things close when possible, or at least try and keep a tighter budget.

Usually.

And I also have Harper now. When I go exploring, I love having her with me. But that also means I have to plan things out a bit more. I don’t do many things without here. I hate leaving her in the car for even five minutes, so it’s even hard to run into a store or whatever sometimes.

I do my best.

So exploring is different with Harper. But I love it. This month had exploring and adventure.

Did you explore? I hope so!

Anyway, onward. Here’s my five for August!

1. Geocaching

Geocaching allows you to really explore the world. August took a couple of us, as well as Harper, to Canada for a mega event. One of the days, we were bouncing around picking up finds and we ended up here. The cache was really good, but the area made it great. We were second to find on the cache, too. Would have been even better to be first, alas, it was still awesome.

2. Taking a ferry

Same trip to Canada. We stayed on an island, which was cool. It means we had to take a ferry to the mainland. What was cool was we took seven ferry rides on four different ferries. A very cool experience and an interesting way to get around to explore!

3. Baseball

It’s a different type of explore, I’d imagine. When we go to bark in the park games, Harper gets to see different things, lots of people and lots of other dogs. So she does more of the exploring. And it’s fun to watch her as she interacts and takes in new experiences.

4. Just seeing new places

Exploring just will take you to different places. Some of the best is to just follow some signs, end up in different areas and see what you can find. This was also in Canada on the island where we stayed … we just followed some signs to a spot that told about all the windmills. Very cool.

5. Follow the …

… road less traveled. Or the one traveled most. But get out and explore. Harper says it’s the best way to live!

BONUS PHOTO

Exploring gets you tired. Take naps!

There’s my five (plus bonus) and let’s see what you came up with! If you took part in this month’s challenge, make sure to link up below.

And for those of you who participated, make sure you try and get to other people’s blogs and comment (here, too!).

Let’s continue to grow this challenge and have a strong community. Come back and check out the others who link later on, too! NOTE: We have a Facebook group for those who participate in the challenge and are interested. I’ll post any announcements there and hopefully it can be a place where things are discussed and some interaction etc. You can access it here.

** CHALLENGE CHANGE **

From this point forward, I am going to do the next theme at the bottom of each linkup. Also, the posting date will now be the first of each month, thus giving you the entire month to take the photos etc.

That means it’s a one-stop shop! Hopefully this helps out with everybody.

So, below is the linkup for June. Make sure you drop your link there.

OK, so it’s time to keep on moving! And just like that, it’s September! And our theme for the month? Experiences. Interpret as you see fit!! I hope you all have fun with this theme! Remember to come back on (hopefully) October 1 to link up and check out the theme for that month! I’ve set a calendar reminder for me, so let’s see if that works!

Photo Blogging Challenge: August 2024 results

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