How can I spend all day in the woods?

Join a tree hugger group and live in a treehouse for as long as you like. Of course, you can’t leave the tree or loggers will cut it down. So you will be able to see the woods, but not really experience them. It’s like marrying a beautiful woman and going through the post nuptial shutoff.

How many acres of woods do you have? How old are you? What is the distance in time and miles to the nearest grocery store?

He doesn't have time for pecker-snotters like us.

Christ, the moderators are all over that poor guy. Deleting everything every single time he comes over to insult us, flip us off, and threaten to throw basketballs at our heads.

Imagine how that would make you feel!

Is it any wonder he's maybe a little cold and off-putting? Woldn't you be? Well?

Give the guy a break.

Become a Forest/Park Ranger

Just complain to yr wife about “needing more space.”

Hunt. Find some land, get out early.

Feel the woods wake up around you and smell the first rays of actual sun of the year (provided you live in a place with four seasons).

Learn the rhythms of the woods, call and hear responses. Shoot something? Cool. Don't? You'll still see something every time you've never seen before.

This year during turkey season alone (I bow hunt out of a natural blind), I saw a pair of coyote pups playing, had a possum walk on my lap, and watched an oriole build its nest. Cool stuff.

Good luck- you will never regret spending more time outside

That is seriously amazing. You should consider starting a thread, and explaining how you do all that.

Agreed. I click on every single Rich in CA thread I see, just to see his creative insults.

you can get into mushroom id or even just regular plant/ tree id. all you need is a guidebook. then when you feel comfortable knowing what plants, fungi, etc are you can explore their uses whether culinary like harvesting tree nuts, forest floor herbs or make things like cordage, ceramics, pigments, etc. fresh wood also falls a lot, you can spend time foraging wood and get into making tools, carving, furniture

My bad I meant upvote, not enough coffee yet this morning.

After you park at the trailhead to run just hang out there all day

Step 1: Go to the woods.

Step 2: Stay there.

If that's too much hassle, you might be able to just stay where you are and wait for woods to grow up around you.

A favorite story about the woods.