I have shamed myself, but I honestly didn't know at the time.
I once paddled 45 miles in two days. What was I thinking?!
On that paddle, I did see lots of deer, raccoons, giant gar, opossums, one naked lady, (she was on a bluff overlooking the river, and invited me to come up. I declined.), caught a bunch of brown bass and blue gills, harvested a handful of mussels(Your not supposed to eat them, but I did, and they were good.), Ate a lot of fried fish, some NY strip, grilled over red oak deadfall, got chewed up by chiggers, drank the better part of a gallon of Sangria and the better part of case of beer, shot a squirrel with a Ruger .22 pistol and tried to grill it laying directly on the coals( I ate some jackrabbit in SW Texas, with some Mexicans, who laid the "Butterflied" rabbit directly on the coals, and it was very good. Tough, but quite tasty. My butterflied squirrel was not tasty, and VERY tough. Apparently, the recipe is not transferable!)
All in all, It was a great trip, until I found out it shoud have taken two weeks. (Thanks a lot guys!)
On the other hand, I had three days off from the slave drivers who thought I would be better served, by work, rather than enjoyment.
Well, I fooled them! I got all the enjoyment possible in those three days.
(Well, maybe the naked lady could have enhanced the enjoyment, but east Oklahoma is no place to go into the woods with ANYone you don't know!)
I was in my early fourties at the time. I'm getting smarter! Honest, I am!