1,080 Hours Outside in 2022!

1000 HOURS OUTSIDE in 2022 - CHALLENGE COMPLETED!

Click each link to see the breakdown of hours spent outside that month:

January - 46 hours
February - 54 hours
March - 82 hours
April - 94 hours
May - 109 hours
June - 138 hours
July - 131 hours
August - 146 hours
September -108 hours
October - 93 hours
November - 45 hours
December - 35 hours
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1,080 hours total for 2022!

35 Hours Outside - December 2022

December - 35 hours (1,080 total)

December was our lowest month of the year (new baby, cold temperatures), but since we had already reached our goal, we could coast a bit.  We did a couple hikes with our Wild + Free group (McConnell Springs and Lansdowne-Merrick Park), and we went to the fire station light display on the night that wasn't too chilly. We stopped at the zoo on the way to Indiana and got to see the new baby hippo, and we met a new friend (Rosie), who walked around the whole zoo with us.  In New Castle, we hiked at Summit Lake with friends and looked high and low, to no avail, for the annual ornament hunt.  Then it got really cold and snowy over the days leading up to Christmas, so we mostly stayed inside.  We ended the year with an awesome park (Smothers Park in Owensboro) on the way back from a family gathering.  

Here’s our month in daily 1 second increments: 

And here's our daily breakdown of hours outside:

12/1 - 1 hour yard

12/2 - 1.5 hours yard

12/3 - 0

12/4 - 1.5 hours Lakeview

12/5 - 1 hour yard

12/6 - 2 hours yard, Camp Nelson

12/7 - 4.5 hours yard, fire station

12/8 - 0 (rain)

12/9 - 2 hours McConnell  (W+F)

12/10 - 0.5 hour Shillito

12/11 - 1.5 hours yard

12/12 - 3 hours zoo

12/13 - 2.5 hours Summit Lake

12/14 - 0 (rain)

12/15 - 2 hours yard, downtown

12/16 - 0.5 hour ornament hunt

12/17 - 0

12/18 - 1 hour yard

12/19 - 0

12/20 - 1 hour Belleau Wood

12/21 - 1 hour Lansdowne-Merrick (with Daughertys)

12/22 - 0

12/23 - 0

12/24 - 0

12/25 - 0

12/26 - 0

12/27 - 0

12/28 - 1 hour yard

12/29 - 4 hours yard

12/30 - 0 

12/31 - 1.5 hours Smothers Park

45 Hours Outside - November 2022

November - 45 hours (1,045 total)

Well, after a big push in October, we slacked off a bit with our time outside.  Part of this was due to the weather, part due to fatigue on my part and also juggling the schedule of pumping eight times a day.  We went to a couple parks -- Hill n' Dale all morning on a school day and Wellington for a sunset walk to the ice cream store.  We also hit up Meadowbrook, Harrods Hill, Cardinal Run, and Gardenside (new playground!). We spent a lot of time raking and playing in the leaves (from the neighbors, since our front yard tree doesn't produce many). We visited in the courtyard with Memaw and played at Evans Orchard on the last day of the season.  And, after months of staying mostly in our front yard at home, we ventured into the forest and introduced Chance to our extended backyard.

Here’s our month in daily 1 second increments: 

And here's our daily breakdown of hours outside:

11/1 - 1 hour yard

11/2 - 0

11/3 - 3.5 hours Hill N Dale Park, yard

11/4 - 2 hours leaf raking

11/5 - 3.5 hours wind

11/6 - 0

11/7 - 3.5 hours yard

11/8 - 3 hours

11/9 - 2.5 hours yard

11/10 - 4.5 hours Arboretum, Wellington Park

11/11 - 0 (rain)

11/12 - 0 (30s)

11/13 - 2.5 hours chilly, neighbor kids

11/14 - 0

11/15 - 0

11/16 - 0

11/17 - 0

11/18 - 0

11/19 - 0

11/20 - 1.5 hours yard

11/21 - 0

11/22 - 1 hour Cardinal Run Park

11/23 - 3 hours Evans Orchard

11/24 - 4 hours clean yard, Memaw

11/25 - 2 hours yard, forest

11/26 - 2.5 hours Gardenside Park

11/27 - 0

11/28 - 1 hour yard

11/29 - 3 hours Meadowbrook Park, forest

11/30 - 1 hour Harrods Hill Park