How did you feel about the outdoors as a child?

I'm part of that generation that got kicked out of the house in the morning and wasn't allowed back in until the street lights came on. We drank water from hoses, rode bikes everywhere, and I don't even know if we ever had lunch. These days I like the beach and sitting by the pool. I've never had any interest in camping. Going for a walk bores the hell out of me which is why I never liked using a treadmill at the gym.

In my youth, I would take off my shoes on the last day of school and I wouldn't put them back on until school started in the fall. My parents had a cabin in Northern Wisconsin in the middle of nothing but lakes and woods. I spent all day and most of the night outside. After I got married, we went camping a lot and when we had kids, they enjoyed camping too. We took hikes and explored the Olympic Peninsula and traveled to the states near us after we got the motor home. I have gardens and I used to spend hours each day tending to it. After getting sick, I don't even like to walk to the mailbox. All those years that I loved the outdoors have faded. I prefer the safety and security my couch affords me, lol.

I loved it but I wasn’t allowed out a lot because of my allergies. As I got older I was allowed to play outside more as long as I didn’t come in sneezing or wheezing. I was outside most of my trip, so yes, I still enjoy it…as long as I don’t come in sneezing or wheezing.

Once I learned to ride a bike and got one of my own, I loved going for bike rides down the road when I was a kid. With no distance in mind how far to ride, just until I knew it was time to turn around and go back again. That was how I spend some of my summer days. Alot of them before I got sick the summer that I turned 12 years old, were spent out in the bean fields. We, my 3 brothers, and mother and myself, would be outside at 8am and hoeing the weeds until I was allowed to walk back to the house at 11:30 to turn the potatoes on for dinner-we had meat, potatoes and a vegetable at the noon meal. We were back in the field from 12:30 until about 4:30 or so. They were long and hot days, but if it had rained and my Dad couldn't work the land, he would join us. I loved it when he was with us, he made it fun. We would sing as we walked the rows, plus Dad would be sure to sharpen the hoes before we returned to the field in the afternoon, so the work was easier.

I loved the outdoors when I was a kid. We lived in a city and I could not wait to be at our grandmother farm house to stay out all the day long. I like less now, I am well at home.

When I was growing up we basically lived outdoors. I was lucky enough to live in a countrified area so we had plenty of woods to explore, riding bikes was our basic mode of transportation (parents rarely drove us anywhere) and the neighborhood kids were our friends. I loved being outdoors. It's funny how life changes and I always pictured myself living somewhere close to the beach. I'm hours away from the beach (lol) and surrounded by farms (which I love). My tolerance for the heat isn't what it used to be but I blame that on being older.

Loved, Loved it as a kid and still do as long as not humid or sweltering.

I loved the outdoors in my younger years. I still do in my old age, but now, I just want the peace and calm that Mother Nature brings.

We just waited for holidys so that we could be out in the yard with neighbours' kids and have fun In school we had outdoor games which I loved.

When I was a kid, my sister and I always had fun playing outside.

I love being outside. Always have

I need the outdoors. One of the criteria for us when I went shopping for our final house was having a decent sized property. I was born in a rural area and part of my early and teen years was spent on a twenty acre farm. When I was in my mid 40s my Mom and I hiked many woodsy trails together. I could keep on going......

I have always loved being outdoors. As a child we would play outside until it got dark. The only time I went inf=doors was when my hayfever was really bad in the summer months.

The outdoors in my former grandparents home in the Cocle province was great walking on the hills.

I was outdoors back then quite a bit more than I am now--but I was also inside reading or something when a lot of kids were outside.

When I was a kid, I was outside in all weather unless mom stopped me. As more and more allergies strike me, I spend less and less time outside. I still go out when I can to mow and work in the yard but I take a ton of meds to be able to go outside at all. (And had to use an epi-pen yesterday when I couldn't breathe. It's really fun!)

My parents made sure I spent the summers in the Catskill Mountains, A Latvian family rented out bungalows and grandparents stayed with kid while parents worked in NYC and came up on weekend, There was a sandbox, a man made lake and plenty of room to run beneath tall pine trees, Since it was the time of no technology it was wonderful otherwise can you picture all the kid sitting in the bungalows playing video games???

@ambiepam I grew up outdoors in Africa, sunrise to sunset. Then we came to Ireland and that was the end of that but I still love it and try to be out as much as possible.

I like being out of doors. I spend more time indoors now as the outside isn't very enticing.

Loved it. Was outside all day long from as soon as I woke up until they made me come in to eat and go to bed.