It was such a nice day for April, we just had to go for a hike. We had parked our truck a suitable distance from town and ended up walking fourteen and a half kilometres. Once in the hills, I was able to hike without wearing the shorts. I ended up walking almost six kilometres au naturel.
Why didn’t I walk the whole thing while clothing free? The majority of the distance was walked on public country roads which has enough farmer traffic to make it too risky. Now, if I had been alone, I would have risked perhaps another few kilometres – maybe. After all, I don’t want to have our farming community become offended.
When walking with my wife, she has a need to know that we have left the road and are safely in the prairie hills where we won’t meet up with a farmer in a truck or on a tractor. It has happened in the past. I don’t want to have her not join me while I free hike, so I honour her need for safety.