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Currently waiting to board my flight for my two week trip to Japan :D

I've just recently passed my driving test and bought a car, so plenty of little trips around the Peak District & Yorkshire Dales I think this summer! Might try and venture up to the Lakes too.

Having a car feels so strange, considering I'm a little late to driving - so much freedom!

We're going on a cruise at the start of August, which is the sort of thing I could never justify the cost of but has been on my bucket list since I was a kid and thought a cruise was the height of fanciness. In this case, it's with husband's family and it's mostly paid for, so definitely can't turn that down!

Lots of summery sewing to do in preparation. And luckily I already knit and cross stitch as well so should get on fine with the old biddies who I assume make up at least 70% of cruise passengers.

I will be cooking on summer camp.

3 weeks in the middle of nowhere, bad signal, electric power from small solar panel. Fun stuff away from civilization.

Attending some MLS matches up in Kansas City and spending as much time as possible with family. No big travel plans this year but definitely will be camping at state parks around the area.

I'm going to see comedian Tig Notaro this summer. I've always enjoyed her deadpan comedy and she's been an icon for me as someone who is also queer and raised in the South.

Going to Glastonbury music festival in a week and a half!

Quakecon!

I am easy to satisfy, just watching reddit to implode.🤷‍♂️

I’m wanting to do a few camping trips with friends and I’m also going back to school for a second degree!

Sounds really cool! How long does a second degree take? It is just over the course of the summer? Also, is it just one subject or general?

I am planning to go hiking with my friends and visit a spa there too. Besides, I'll go to Berlin by train (yay D-Ticket) and visit some sights like the Pergamonmuseum before it closes some of its exhibitions for 15 years.

Absolutely want to go to hopping around my country for photo opportunities. Just how hot it stays over the summer will decide what I end up doing though.

I'll be going to Lanzarote for 10 days in a week. Later I'm attending a summer camp for 2 and a half weeks. I also hope to visit my town's festival in between these times away.

I'm going to Italy!

Second time I'm going (third if you count Sicily). It's just the best country... Amazing food and people.

But important to stay away from tourist areas. That's not Italy... That's capitalism. :)

I suspect a lot of folks might not think of this as "fun" but I'm hoping to hike another 300 miles or so by September, on my way to 1,000 (planned!) for the year. Currently I've put in about 525 miles for 2023, all on trails within easy driving distance of southwestern Indiana. Tomorrow I'm off to the One Horse Gap trail system in Illinois for another 25 or 30 as an overnighter.

Moving from USA to Canada.

Not sure that qualifies as fun but it is exciting.

I'm going to continue my AT section hike (I took a couple of years off for covid and ACL replacement), me and my brother are doing. We're doing Hollins, VA to as far as we can get south in 1 month (we are slow AF), lots of support plus a 5 day camping party in Beartown (the only thing we "have' to make) if we can get 250 miles out of this one that means we only need 2 more years to finish the entire damn thing (we are going north to south in sections). Best year was 317 miles, worst year was 135 miles, we are at 8 years so far.

I mostly just appreciate the fact that I have an actual backyard now and can get some fresh air more easily and definitely more pleasantly. I like to sit in the backyard and watch the birds visit.

I'm going to the Edinburgh fringe in August. I try and go every year but it's more expensive this year so only staying for a few days this time. Love exploring the city as well as going to the comedy, it's so beautiful and filled with history.

Also seeing Sigur Ros in London next week which is exciting. They're performing with an orchestra so it will no doubt make me cry

My girlfriend and I are meeting up with some online friends from another state in July! We're going to spend the day at a local amusement park. Very excited!

Also some very exciting stuff you got going on OP! What degree are you going back to school for?

We are laying low this summer. Simply saving up for a bigger vacation in a year or 2.

That said, we still plan to bring the kiddo to an amusement park, some hikes, and Michigan Renaissance Festival.

I wanna go fishing again. I love fishing, but I gotta get over my fear of touching slimy spasming fish...

Taking summer classes at a new university, heading to NYC for a week, lots of reading and writing, and hopefully a little camping. Hectic and rewarding is my goal!

I'll be going to philmont scout ranch out in New Mexico. I'll be out there for a week backpacking around 50 miles. I'm so excited!!!

I will be going to the Amphi Festival in Cologne this year! I still have to find someone to go together with me, since it is way more fun to have some people to talk to for the weekend when it happens but I am already excited.

I'm not sure if it's fun in the traditional sense, but I'm going to learn Python! I've been really unhappy in a dead-end (non retail) job and I'm hoping to branch out into tech for better opportunities (and perhaps benefits that don't require me to use my PTO to cover mandatory holidays...) It will be a lot of work, but so far the tiny bit I have done has been really fun!