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[quote=Anonymous]Google hiking DC and you will get a bunch of results for the area, including REI.

You might want to consider something that would include hiking but not be limited as much by time and weather.

For example, birding.  You can start with a $50 pair of binoculars from Amazon and your front yard or nearest park.  You can look for birds while hiking and someday take trips to see them.  But, if you only have 10 minutes, you can still squeeze it in on your own block.

If the weather is a disaster and you can't get outside, you can take some online classes (look at National Geographic's North American Guide to Birding on Wondrium) or through Cornell's bird lab.   You can use the Merlin app and ebird to start learning the birds in your neighborhood.  You can drive to Huntley Meadows one morning to see if you even find birds interesting.  If you do, this might lead you to looking at your yard and putting in more native plants and so on.

Anyway, point is that if you are interested in finding something you are passionate about, you might want to think about something that branches out.  (Cooking is another one.  You can start reading, decide to make your own yogurt, hit the farmer's markets, grow your own herbs, as you get more interested.)

I also see a lot of people who return to things they used to do.  For example, there are a lot of volunteers in Boy & Girl Scouts without kids who volunteer to teach merit badges or camping skills.  Or people get involved with their alma mater or other alumni groups. Or they pick up an old instrument.

I agree with others it may take some time to find and will depend on how much free time you have.  So, hope some of these ideas help.[/quote]

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