Alone, or With Someone
Nearly everything here assumes you are on your own. Some of it works with company and some of it is destroyed by it, and the difference is not obvious in advance.
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When Not to Go
Most of this site is about finding underused places. This is about the times when the right thing is to leave, or not to arrive.
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Keeping a List of Places
The single most useful thing I have done for this. It takes about a minute per entry and it changes what is available to you on a given afternoon.
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The Phone Question
Not a lecture about screen time. Just what actually worked after trying most of the obvious approaches.
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What to Carry
A short list arrived at by carrying too much for two years and then too little for six months.
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How to Tell if Somewhere Will Be Quiet Before You Go
Most wasted trips are avoidable. These are the checks that actually predict whether a place will be empty when you arrive.
