One thing I enjoyed as a kid was getting a flashlight, going down to the outlet at the nearby bayou, and entering and exploring the concrete ‘storm drains’ that ran underneath the neighborhood. Cobwebs, slime, cockroaches. I walked many blocks ‘underneath’ the streets. Gloriously spooky.
My parents would not have approved, had they known. But, when you were a kid back then, there seemed to be adventure awaiting around every corner. Watching “Tarzan” movies each weekend and reading “Sgt. Rock” comic books, I think it just instilled that sort of thing in you.
I just don’t see kids outdoors or doing much of anything anymore. Are they all inside with their smartphones?
“Are they all inside with their smartphones?”
Probably. But that is because they can’t go outside and experience the same things we did...because of predators.
I find it to be very sad and a huge source of social dysfunction.