By profession, I teach English at a university in the United States, but I enjoy hiking and camping as a way to relieve stress and spend time with the family. I even created a website, www.hikinginutah.com, to document my adventures. What about you? What do you enjoy doing in your free time? Share your thoughts.
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Some people thinks when somebody goes hiking and brings a batteries radio, pocket television or something that we normally use in house its OK..... I think this is wrong....
ReplyDeletei like to go hiking and camping whit the minimum things that we are going to use,,,,
As isee ilike to have fun with my family . We can enjoys our time with each other like,watching tv,talking or going to the cinema at the week end .Also ilike to have fun with painting and listening to nice music.
ReplyDeletefree time ! Through the quality of housing, I do not think I have enough time to go back, I tired of the college, but sometimes invented the leisure to sit with my friends but good I returned to my family .. Go out to the movies together and eat dinner together to make up sessions with them .. But earlier I used to spend my free time drawing and playing football
ReplyDeleteI like hiking, this year I spent twice going to mountains in Malaysia.The adventures and the breathtaking sceneries are the things that I always look forward to whenever I go up hiking in the mountains.
ReplyDeleteI am a senior student. I study at my university on Monday afternoon, Tuesday afternoon, Friday morning and Saturday morning. On Tuesday and Wednesday morning or Friday and Saturday afternoon I stay at home to review my lesson or study English and Korean. My university usually starts at 7.15 am to 10.30 am on the morning and 1.15 pm to 4.30 pm on the afternoon. You know, HCMC is a crowded city, so there is usually traffic jam at the peak time. Specifically, at the morning at about 7 am and on the afternoon at about 4.30 pm. As a result, I have to get up early to go to school but I am still usually get stuck in the traffic jam, so I am usually late at my class. Besides studying at university, I also enjoy a Korean class on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evening. Another hours, I have free time. When I have free time, I am often online to listen music or chat with my friends. Sometimes, I watch movies, play game or go swimming with my friends on the weekends. And I really enjoy them.
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ReplyDeleteI enjoy playing soccer in my free time. It helps me to be healthy phycically and also mentally. Because when I couldn't have a communication with people in English, through playing soccer, I could show my feelings. I really thank for soccer!
Hiking is a good habit and useful.
ReplyDeleteWe should exercise it at least one time at week.
I really like it.
Hiking is a good and useful activities .
ReplyDeleteWe should exercise it at least one day at a week.
I really like it .
I like to go to mountains and to skying. I also like to see the snowed landscape and wait the sunset over Santiago. For me, this is the life
ReplyDeleteI often use my free-time for entertaining . I can sit very long at my computer to listen to musics or to watch movies.just for fun.
ReplyDeleteI am a nurse and I work hard during the week and even,sometimes, on the weekend. For my entertainment,I play with my pets, I take care of my garden, I also like to stay at home and I love to be with my family and friends. Well, that's basically it... besides that I enjoy going to the movies.
ReplyDeletei think hiking is agood sport and every body must doing it. it is the easist for our we need clear mood for jop or study so it is useful to do hiking
ReplyDeleteThe activities that I like the most to do in my free time is to do exercise, belly dance, play with my pets, watching television and of course practice my English skills.
ReplyDeleteI like to go camping with my former friends. It's time for us to be together again, have fun and share new things about our life, recall our unforgettable memory.
ReplyDeleteI think enjoying ur time outside home is one of unforgettable experiences
ReplyDeleteMy country has a lot of outdoor activities for example hiking,diving,kayaking. Most people here like to do outdoor activities in summer.
ReplyDeleteI love to spend time on the beach,do some fishing and have some BBQ.Now the summer is coming soon, I'm looking forward to that and I hope it will be a very great summer of 2011.
mohamed said...
ReplyDeletein our country ALGERIA peaple hiking is the best thing that all peaple think of as u all know we have in Algeria many wonderfull touristique places as Hogar Tasili...ect
so in summer peaple choose to visite these places
thats it
I love hiking specially in the morning I can hear the birds singing, the smell of wet earth is really good also.
ReplyDeletein my free time I like to play guitar. I started to play 2 years ago.
ReplyDeleteIn my vacation a spend a lot of time with may family. For example in amusement parks.
Last 5 years trekking and hiking had been most popular recreational sports.This sports vere chosen mostly among adults and senior citizens in our country.
ReplyDeleteGo to the mountains it's a very good exercise for cleaning our lungs!
ReplyDeleteNuna from VietNam said
ReplyDeleteAfter a week of hard working,I usualy spend my free time with family on weekend. I like go swiming in the swiming pool with my children. Sometime we take a travel to the beach. It 's wonderful to enjoy the fresh air, watch stars on the sky, listen to the wave crashing onto the shore. Especially, we like to swim in the sea in the moring..
In my free time, i usually like reading book, drinking coffee, talking with my friend and listening radio mainly morning. This time is very happy.
ReplyDeleteIn my country the most comun sport that the people like is soccer.. In Brazil have a lot of great team and famus players like Pelé, Robinho and Neymar... but we love different kinds of sport.. swimming, running, martial arts, basketboll..
ReplyDeleteI think that doing exercise is a good hobby, that can be help in some sicknesses and help to learn more easily. the unique problem that I see is that sometimes is difficult to do exercise.
ReplyDeleteI think that doing exercise is a good hobby, that can be help in some sicknesses and help to learn more easily. the unique problem that I see is that sometimes is difficult to do exercise.
ReplyDeletei enjoy playing cricket and watching movies and going out with friends
ReplyDeleteI think to do sports and listen to music are great things for relieving stress.
ReplyDeleteIn my case I enjoy playing football in my team, skiing with my friends or to go jogging.
But sometimes I don't like to do sports so I enjoy to watch a film or read a book.
i think hikking is good. because i used to hike in the mountain in my country. and it's a good activity that i to do in my free time.
ReplyDeleteI usually watch movies or listen to music in YouTube.
ReplyDeleteI like using the bike during the summer this is good for hte health and I like dancing in at all times is funny and healthy too
ReplyDeleteHello every body I am Diana.
ReplyDeleteI think that a hiking is a good way to be free de all stress of working or troubles because it to connect with the nature as a way relaxation. in my case is a little difficult because I am studying and working, but when I can really enjoy whit my family and friends.
hi,i'm emanuele from bergamo,in my free time i like reading,running,boxing,latin american dancing,cooking,and the next summer i'll start hiking with a group of a country near mine.
ReplyDeleteI'm a Sargent of Brazilian Army and often I make phisical Exercise like to run, hiking. I like to climb mountain, jump parachute.
ReplyDeletehi,i like in my free time walking,running in the hills of my country.there are very beautiful places,rivers and torrents rocks,woods.it's healthy to breathe
ReplyDeleteclean air,relax and return to a rhythm of life more slow
My name is Walter. I'm from Ecuador. It's a South American country which has four regions where the visitors can do different kind of activities.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy running through the mountains that there are in the place where I live. I usually make my trainers over jogging up and down in the mountains. I am a runner and that's why I must to train every day. I think that nowadays everybody have to do some kind of physical activity to keep a good health. Greetings since Ecuador.
In my free time, I like watching comedy films or listening to the music. But if going with my family, I would like to travel somewhere. It's been a long time since my family go together.
ReplyDeleteI'm a dynamic person. So when I have free time, I always take part in social activities. It's make me more comfortable and happier.
ReplyDeleteI am from india I love go to the sea beaches a lot with my family..My son enjoy to play with sand..Me and my husband enjoy cool breeze, mild weather sometime we love to watch sun set and sun rise..I also love sea food so sometimes we had lunch/dinner near the sea restaurants..
ReplyDeleteI love to swim in the sea with my family, but during october month is hard to do it because is raining and lighting almost every day. Another kind of activity i like is running in the afternoon by the beach to have a chance to see the sunset coming down.
ReplyDeleteIn my free time i love to go to the beach and swim with my family but i also like running on the beach in the afternoon to enjoy of the beautiful sunset. In my country we can do outdoor activities the whole year because our summer are long and our winter does not affect.
ReplyDeleteIn my free time i love to go to the beach and swim with my family but i also like running on the beach in the afternoon to enjoy of the beautiful sunset. In my country we can do outdoor activities the whole year because our summer are long and our winter does not affect.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy going to coffee shop in my free time. In fact, It's more healty habit to go hiking.But going to coffee shop is easier than go hiking. In addition, It doesn't matter about weather.If it rained,It would be more impressing.
ReplyDeleteVsop Valentino
ReplyDeleteI had a fascinating vacation with my sweet family just last month. It's really great because my family seem almost together for a long time. My family traveled many place like Vung Tau beach, Long Hai beach, CaNa, HonRom, and so on... Oh, sr, It's just some famous and relaxing place in VietNam, and I hope that anyone who read that can visit my country for short trip to get the best thing in here.
That maybe is the most fantastic experience for me if I'll see more the world outside by traveling to any place. Thailand, there were actually beautiful scenery of mountains in the north of country, however i do not have a chance to go through yet but some next day when everything ready i will go there and enjoy the hiking trip.
ReplyDeleteNowaday, we have to work so much everyday, and sometimes we are exhausted. Therefore, to relex ourself after having a longtime hard working, planing a campout is a good ideal.
ReplyDeleteDuring holiday,I enjoy to swim with my brother and my friend.I always spend time in the pool so long because at the moment ,the weather in my country is very hot.So It's a good idea to go swimming.In addition, Shopping in the supermaket is a one thing that interest.
ReplyDeleteFor holiday in my country (Italy) a lot of people go to sea. Normally I try to avoid sea and go abroad to visit some cities.
ReplyDeleteI think that the people in his free time, should make mas sports, go out with his friends and be able like that to reduce the sedentarismo. Also it is a good idea the parks go to and to enjoy the nature.
ReplyDeleteI think then the free tims are very important and funnies to the people in the world.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion camping has to be a very interesting experience, because you join your soul with the environment and you can have fun with your family or friends.
ReplyDeleteI think playing badminton, watch movie, have dinner at some place or picnic are always the ways for increasing family relationships.
ReplyDeleteI HAVE A LOT HOBBIES LIKE DRAWING, PAINTING, PLAY SOCCER, SWIMING IN THE POOL, PLAY WITH MY IPAD BUT MY FAVORITE IS PLAY SOCCER. I PLAY SOCCER WITH MY FRIENDS ON WEEKENDS AT APARMENT FIELD'S.
ReplyDeleteMY OPINION OF THE SOCCER IS ONE SPORT THAT HELP FOR MY HEALTH.
YOU CAN PRACTICE ANYONE THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT YOU ENJOY.
There are many things I like to do during my free-time. When I want to exercise, I go for a jog. There is nothing like it! I jog three times a week and I am preparing for my second race. If I need to relax, I like to read. I am into biographies and mystery novels. Also, sometimes I just enjoy reading magazines.
ReplyDeleteWhen I have time in summer, I like to go outside to play basketball on my basket with my friend Thomas.I like to play this sport during my pastimes because its not complicate but its very cool.Also, the summer I like to play hockey to practise my shoot because during the winter I do part of a hockey team.When outside it raining, I play video games to past the time.Finally during the winter, I go to ice rink to play hockey with my friends.
ReplyDeletei think it is pretty cool
ReplyDeleteI often travel with my family once a week. it becomes a good memory and good relations.
ReplyDeleteI work at Epam in Brest, Belarus. I'm a programmer. When i have free time, i improving my skills in different spheres of my life. For example, i like foosball and read books as well as i like my job, so i am developing computer programms at free time;
ReplyDeleteHi! In my opinion hiking is a good habit, it's good for health. Beside we can enjoy the atmosphere, explore new thing, see the peace scenery and i think hiking can connect people, closer...
ReplyDeletein my free time i love go out with my friends, when we go out togerther we talk everything we like, do evrything we want, eat togerther... It's great
That is my favourite thing i do so just what you do want before too late
I love my family, we spend a lot of time together, playing, praying or watching a movie. We like to know interesting places and have many adventures, too.
ReplyDeleteFirst I like my life . I think this world it is needs some freedom. Not just work or study . We need to spent some time to fun . We can hiking with someone in our life . Should be happy all time I think that is good for to be strong to face a life
ReplyDeletei never hiking and never camping to the mountain. but i ussually go to mountain every day, because my school located at the mountain. i really hate thet the weateher spoiled our journey to anywhere. it's made my mood bad all the day .
ReplyDeleteIt is important that spending time together with our family by fun might develop relationship among family subjects.
ReplyDeleteWhen you go hiking you enjoy and learn at the same time.
ReplyDeleteyou enjoy the nature and run away from the noise in the cities,and you learn and get experience to deal with problems and unusual risk.
I think hikings is a very good exercise because stress is released but I prefer play basketball because is very funny and you can release the stress.
ReplyDeleteI think it was a nice history about happy family. This girl is very lucky to have so lovely father
ReplyDeletein my place we have a trip on motorbike.
ReplyDeletethe student they really like to have a trip on motorbike. they make a group with around ten people with 2 on each motor. then they ride to anywhere the want with a plan or no any plan. we call them are phuoters.
the phuoter like a trip without the plan because they feel best join the air. they my go to some mountain where the temperature is a little lower than the city. and they might have barbecue.
Hi everyone
ReplyDeleteHiking and camping are good habits,but I did not try them before.
Have a wonderful time with the family. I wanted to wish all the more to spend time on walks, various hikes and just parties at the table for the feast. Cherish loved ones - because these are the people who will tell you all about life and give a lot of beautiful memories.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful time with the family. I wanted to wish all the more to spend time on walks, various hikes and just parties at the table for the feast. Cherish loved ones - because these are the people who will tell you all about life and give a lot of beautiful memories.
ReplyDeleteI teach at the University too in an economic class but in my free time I like to walk around the beach or the streets looking the people and the landscapes.
ReplyDeleteIn my country, it is always sunny. Rain only comes every end of the year except if there is typhoon. Karaoke is enjoyed by any ages.
ReplyDeleteIt's mostly sunny in my country. Sometimes it rains in June and December. Karaoke is the most popular activity that all ages enjoy doing leisure times.
ReplyDeleteIn my town, field activities it's very typical like a threshing with horse and the woman sing and play the guitar with music that talks about farming, animals and how is life in countryside life.
ReplyDeleteBy profession, I have studied in the international sports sciences association online, now I am a certificated fitness trainer. I enjoy travelling by my bike a lot, I once travelled for around 200 kilometters, that was the best feeling that I’ve ever felt.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I also Play guitar but I’m not a professional in it.
for me when i was kid i spend great time with my family wo gone to the zoo swimming pool and a lot of places . the joy you can make it by do eating or visiting new places once a month at least
ReplyDeleteNow, I am studying engineering in an university, so my profession is to study every day. In my free time I have trained a marcial art that is called Jiu Jitsu. It was created in Japan, and in Brazil, this activity becomes very popular after your introduction here. When I say it, people can say that I am violent or anything like it, but no, this sport is like a therapy to me, if I do not practice it, I be sad. Not only in Brazil, but in EUA, this sport is becoming very popular, there are a lot of famous brazilian athletes that are going to United States to teach Jiu Jitsu! Try to do an experimental class to know this! ;)
ReplyDeleteI spend my free time to learning anything I want. Those are read books, journal researchs. I also develop my interpersonal skill, natural skills, visual-spatial skills, math-logical skills.
ReplyDeletein my country, more and more people like to hiking, the yonger people go to hiking with friends by bike, they cambing on the beach, in the mountain, it's very interesting time.
ReplyDeleteI think no one will believe this,but I usually play video games in my free time. I think it is a great way to help me get relaxed after classes. I sometimes ride my bicycle as a workout to get me lost some weight.
ReplyDeletei think hiking is so interesting but risky because i am afraid the height .In my leisure time,i often help my family such as cleaning the house,washing dishes,cooking ,....And then,i also watch tv,surf internet and chat with my friends.My life is simply,right?
ReplyDeleteI have just read your story. I'd love to it. But I usually play volleyball, read book and surfing the internet in my free time.
ReplyDeletePlaying volleyball help to me strong healthy, relieve stress for work and very interesting.
Reading book and surfing the internet, I can a little bit know about knowledge, sports, culture of around the world, cooking...bla bla.Otherwise I aslo spend time with our family.
When I have free time I like to go out with my friends or sometimes I spend time with my family.I like to go walk and think about my goals and objectives, it's so funny.
ReplyDeletei love it , i love spend my time with my family because they know me since i was born and i love them and there're time that i don't said but i love them
ReplyDeleteIn my free time I like to read books or do exercise. Now I can do it together through audiobooks and a smartphone. Sometimes I play in the computer games or go to the park and walking there.
ReplyDeleteMy family and I used to go to the zoo when we were really small
ReplyDeleteToday we are less going to places like a zoo, but more to restaurants.
I think than is very good travel and know new place but too I think than is good dedicate time to our family because is the most important than we have in the life
ReplyDeleteI like to relax watch tv share with family on a sunny day play with my son video games because I like and I share time with him and that is the most important thing to share with family because time passes and we do not realize .
ReplyDeleteIn our city we have many park some of them a very big. So my family and I often walk in the different parks and enjoy there nature and entertainment.
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ReplyDeleteI have never tryed hiking, but I want to try it. Beacuse I like sports like these.
ReplyDeletei want to achieve something special in my life i don't have time to go vacation or go hiking in the mountain i focus in only one thing is education and improve myself, the life cost is very hard i want to help my family to improve there life style .
ReplyDeleteI like to watch movies with my mom, and go on a walk when I see my dad, my mom doesn't like walking hahaha. Besides, I also like playing video games, reading books, visiting new places, getting to know people anywhere... that' all
ReplyDeletehello everybody, I like dancing so much, ı like latin dance, my favourite is salsa. and in my free time ı like riding bcycle, swimming, reading book. ı think swimming is the most relaxing
ReplyDeletethe forest on spring is very beutiful, the river have bringht wáter, all the people enjoy walking around this place and they loved ride a bike.
ReplyDeleteI think that sedentary lifestyle is one of the worst ways to live
ReplyDeleteThank you for your posting status.
ReplyDeleteI want to share my unforgetable memory about camping. Fortunately, in the first year on my university, I have chance to go camping with new frients in the new school. This is a great way to make the new friends as well as new environment.
Moreover, there are many benifits from going camping such as let my hair down, relax my mind and broaden my outlook about natural landscape.
Thank you for your posting status.
ReplyDeleteI want to share my unforgetable memory about camping. Fortunately, in the first year on my university, I have chance to go camping with new frients in the new school. This is a great way to make the new friends as well as new environment.
Moreover, there are many benifits from going camping such as let my hair down, relax my mind and broaden my outlook about natural landscape.
Camping is an excelol.ent activity to enjoy in family and to rest
ReplyDeleteHi. Actually, i still do the samething with my family eventhough every family members are growing up quickly.We as known as happy family trying to keep the best relationship between each other by doing activities that connect everyone like spent time together mostly like shopping or 'Family Day',some outdoor activities and so on.For me this is technically the best way to foster closer ties.Lastly, try to get time at least an hour with your family cause time is specially unbacked up also memories and history can't passed by your enormous money.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good blog. I learn many things. My teacher recommends me to listen to these audios to perfect my English. With respect to my free time, I often stay at home and listening music or I read an interesting book. Sometimes I go out for drink coffee at a beautiful bar. I think it very helpful for me after a week of hard work in the high-school.
ReplyDeletegreat activity, i liked it
ReplyDeletewell i wanna coment about how to have respect one to another in home.... in our family help us in adult age to be confident and good persons i in really had seen that the respec one to another inside home create liders and love ... and help to meke improve to the childrens in everithing
ReplyDeleteand by the other face is al the contrary .
with my family we traveled,
ReplyDeleteif we still go to visit relatives
Hey everyone! I'm Jason from Vietnam. Don't feel strange about my name because this is my foreign name. Today in my country, going backpack (a kind of travelling which you just ride on your motorbike to somewhere) is one of the most popular activities among teenagers and I am one of them. Just because this kind of travelling makes the trip become cheaper and it's budget for students like me. My country also has a lot of beautiful travelling spots, hope you come to see once.
ReplyDeleteHanoi, Vietnam.