Almost Free Summer Activities.

In our society today it seems like all the fun things to do during the summer costs money and being a poor high school student make it very hard to find activities to do on a hot summer day. Whenever my friends and I are trying to find something to do we can never find anything that we can afford. So after about 20 minutes of web surfing and an hour searching on pintrest (because I may or may not be addicted) I have found some activities that cost nothing at all or very little.  Some ideas are hiking, Recreate old photos, watch a sunset and sunrise, or have a bonfire.

Living less than a half hour from the mountains it seems like I spend at least half my summer hiking, fishing, and camping. One of my favorite places to hike is Silver lake, which is up little cottonwood. Whenever we go up there we take a picnic eat lunch and walk around the lake. There is also many hikes to take that branch off from the lake that are relatively easy.

There is nothing like a sunrise in Utah but most people miss the beauty because they're still in bed. But it's worth it to wake up early and take a 5 minute drive to a big open space like a park and watch the sunrise. Sunsets are just as pretty but most people are too busy with their lives to stop and watch the sunset. Why not pack a picnic and watch the sunset... it's also very romantic.

We all have those embarrassing photos that are just fun to look at, I probably have a whole box full. Do you want to make these photos even better? Try to recreate them!! Which is when you find a old photo get find the people in the picture and get in the same positions and just snap that picture. Just imagine how fun this could be and you never know how they will turn out.

 Another very popular activities during the summer is a bonfires. Get a couple of friends together at the beginning of the summer and make sure they bring their homework from the past year and burn it all!! Maybe grad some marshmallows, chocolate, and gram crackers and make s'mores. Or even take a drive to the mountains and have a fire cook a meal while spending time in the mountains (a double win).

There are many other things you can do during the summer that are relativity cheap like going on a bike ride, go tubing down a river, or just spend the day outside with friends.