So my daughter (13) and I have been doing a little exploration over the last 6 months or so. She is young so we don't do anything risky. Its good father daughter time seeing as we are both risk takers. Gives her an outlet and allows me to keep an eye on her and teach her some stuff.
On the second run we did I was trying to explain the "its time to leave" feeling you get sometimes during an exploration.
I am not talking about the usual excitement or trepidation that we frequently feel, and in fact, seek out. That stuff is priceless.
I am talking about that feeling that you get when you know, in that instant that it is time to leave. Sometimes its prompted by something obvious. Sounds of a car, or other voices, that stuff is easy to spot.
I am talking about something much less tangible.
I recently ignored that feeling when we arrived at a new place. As soon as we pulled up after a 40 min drive I was hit with a feeling that we should just turn around and go. We had driven so far and it was such a nice day... Walking back to the car a little later and there was the trooper behind my car running my plates. These places often attract people with not such good intentions he explained. In retrospect I think I know why I knew it was time to call it and I did not listen to myself.
We make a point of not carrying anything suspicious and once I explained he was cool, we were lucky. My daughter got a lesson on how to interact with law enforcement, that's good i guess? My wife did not seem to think so.
Its a good life lesson, especially for a young lady. I told her that if she is at a party or with some friends doing something and she gets that feeling she is allowed to "nope" outa there.
I even let her call a run later in the year, we were in a building and she looked at me and said its time to go, and we did! No questions asked.
Do you have any good "I am outa here stories"?
Is there a tell you use?
Is this even a thing in this community???
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