Must haves for hiking + some tips

Because it's spring break I have been hiking quite a bit and it's really fun! But to hike you have to know how and what to bring. I am no expert but here are my must-haves for hiking.

Hiking boots, tennis shoes. You need good footwear not to get pricked and so you can grip on to objects and the road not to fall on tough terrain.

A water bottle. You should always cary around water! Always! If you don't then you can get dehydrated with is a bad thing in itself but then you can get wussy and maybe lost or hurt.

A bag. Pretty much just to cary everything so you have your hands free.

First aid kit. If you are out in the wilderness and someone gets hurt, what are you going to do? Use your first aid kit. Even if it is just some band-aids it can be a lifesaver.

Hiking poles. These can just be long sticks or you can actually buy on but it can help you from slipping and is good for hiking.

A hat. You don't want to get sunburned and this will keep that from happening.

And here are some tips.

Don't think of the end but the journey. Right when you get started if you are thinking of the end this is going to be a horrible hike for you. Instead get that thought out of your mind and look at the beauty around you.

Always look at the place ahead of you. You should always watch your feet so that you don't end up falling in a humongous hole or slipping on hard rocks or thorns.

Think of it as dancing. Plus using the tips ahead almost think of your feet as if they are dancing. And if you do each step perfectly then you will get to the end without incident. Make your feet light and able to do anything.

Have you been hiking? Where was it? What are your must-haves? Agree with my tips? What are some of your own?

Do you actually know me? Quiz + Prize.

When I love a blog I pride myself in saying I know a lot about the person. But do I actually know anything about the person? Ya, probably not. This is the internet anyway! It's hard! And thinking about this I have concocted a little contest and quiz for you guys today to find out if you really know me. All of the questions you can find out on my blog so it's not so hard. So without further ado here is the quiz.

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How to win the prize:

So you have to take the quiz and honestly say you think you know me pretty well.

Prize:

Now the prize isn't really so great but........ Ok, here it is!

I'm just amzing at editing (not)! You can do whatever you want with the prize I don't really care. 

Did you take the quiz? How did you do? Did you win the prize? Do you think you know?

Why Ghost Towns are creepy, weird, and unlivable (aka why I couldn't live there)

You have probably heard of a ghost town before. maybe in a scary book or movie or maybe you heard someone talking. Today I had the fortune of going to one. It was out in the dessert with only 20 people living there. 20! Like how do they get food? Or plumbing? I just didn't get it. So here are reasons why ghost towns are all out weird!

How do you get food? Like if only 20 people love there how are they getting food? Are they just all working the farm and grocery store or what? 

There are broken up houses. I'm serious! There were these half houses that looked really weird! Like some kind of tornado went through them. Or a flood of some sot that also took the people. *shudder*

There is no internet. If I didn't have internet I couldn't have this blog. With means I could never talk to you or pretty much anyone because I would have no internet to access my gmail acount. And then I couldn't play any online games. I might die. 

So, what should I do? There is nothing to! No events going on or anything. And you have to admit to yourself at one point just running around through the creepy old ruins or just talking to your one neighbor get's boring. So after you get bored of that what in the world are you supposed to do????

It had ghost in it's name. I'm pretty sure any town that has the name "ghost town" has it for a reason. Ghosts were pretty much made to be creepy so a ghost town must also be pretty weird. Definitely with all the "ghosts" floating around.

I kind of want an education. With a town like that you would either have to drive 40 minutes or get everyone living there to be a teacher or just be home schooled if you ever actually want an education. And I'm not sure about you but I want a good job when I grow up.

"I don't like you!" If you live in a town with only like 20 people, who ever lives there you kind of have to be friends with. Either that or you are going to have a really bad life not liking the only few people you see. 

The houses are run down. With the houses that actually do have people living in them, they are so run down! The roofs are broken and the doors don't have hinges. For get about boredom how do you not become majorly sick? I'm waiting for and answer. Hello?

"Stay out!" This might just be the one I went to but there were keep out signs everyone! And that kind of scares me. Like those people have something to hide or people tried to break in in the past. 

Being able to go to the restroom and wash my clothes would be nice. With a town that small out in the middle of nowhere, how are you supposed to have indoor plumbing? And though you might not think so plumbing is sure good and has a lot of uses. Like water to cook or pretty much all of the bathroom. How in the world do you go without that? 

Have you ever been to a ghost town? Was it weird? Do you want to go one?