If you’re like me and have a full time job, it’s hard to get out for adventure and fun on any regular basis. Day trips are limited to the weekends and opportunities for longer trips to just a few weeks of the year.

Does that mean we can’t experience joy and even a mini adventure in the every day?

I think not.

Yesterday was a long, busy work day. I traveled about a an hour from home and spent the day at an office I rarely get to visit. The route is cross country on hilly, curvy county roads and state routes. It’s over hill and dale through deer country and through some of Ohio’s most beautiful countryside.

The colors are past peak but still vibrant right now and made a gorgeous back drop. It’s awe inspiring to see how much the landscape has changed in the last few weeks.

My destination was named for a German town called Bremen. In the early 20th century, Bremen experienced a tremendous oil boom and had all sorts of industry. Today, it’s largely a bedroom community but it always pleases me to drive past the old homes that are remnants of the wealth the oil derricks and other industry provided.

It was a joy to be there.

At lunch, I went out to grab a bite to eat and to run a couple of work errands. On the way back I turned up the tunes and opened the sunroof, basking in the glory of a gorgeous fall day.

And then I saw it.

Coming toward me was a car with a dachshund sticking up from their sunroof! That little dog’s ears flapped in the wind and I knew he was living his very best life.

What an adventure!

The point is that real life dictates that we show up and be responsible every day. That doesn’t mean you can’t find some joy and even a mini adventure in your everyday life.

Try it sometime! It really does make life more enjoyable! In other words, be as happy as a dachshund with its ears in the wind!