Is It Considered Abnormal To Walk Around The Block @ 3:30AM?

Just wondering!

 

I see nothing wrong with it. If you are up and feel the "urge" - go for it. When I was younger my friends and I used to meet outside for 5 minutes at 3, 4, 5, and 6 AM just to see who can make it through the night without sleep!

 

Really?????

 

Nothing wrong with it. Just make sure and have your ID on you just in case the cops stop you.


Abner

 

[ humor ]
Sure, Randell. What were you and your friends really doing? Partaking of some chemically induced entertainment like marijuana perhaps? Five minutes sounds about right from what I saw in high school.
[ /humor ]

 

It depends....the old guy walking his dog wouldn't usually merit a second look. The teenager wearing a hooded sweatshirt with the hood up, in July, and who avoids looking at my cruiser, will probably have a chat with me.

 

Generally, I sleep like a brick. Every night. But last night was a rarity because I wasn't sleepy. After stepping outside at 3:00 AM for a moment just to check the weather, I noticed how stunningly beautiful it was. The air was cool, the sky was clear, the moon was full and there was no vehicular traffic, thus making it peacefully quiet; so I spontaneously decided to take a leisurely 15 mile bicycle ride just to think and clear the mental cobwebs out of my head and pray a little. Rush hour traffic began to pick up at around 4:30 AM, so I returned home and surfed the internet until about 5:00 and then went to sleep until the doorbell rang at 9:00 AM, whereupon I felt like death warmed over, due to a lack of sleep.

 

No really - we were in 8th and 9th grade and it was the summer. No monkey business...that came the next year

 

Yeah really - surprised? The 4-5 was the toughest hour.

 

As the peak daily temperature heads into the hundreds my neighbors start their walks around 4 to 5 am in the summer (my bike rides start at 6:30 am when it is light - we get back by 9:30 while the temperature is still less than 100 degrees).
The more sane of my neighbors use our air conditioned indoor walking track or treadmill later in the day.

 

I run on a treadmill at 7 am (5 miles) and 5-6 pm (treadmill-7 miles.) I will not roast in this crud.

 

Sometimes the coyotes will wake me up around 3 or 4 am. I'll go outside with a big flashlight and a pellet rifle. It's usually really quiet by the time I get out there. Depending on the weather I'll walk around a bit. In the winter it can be intensely quiet and the snow reflects the moonlight and the starlight so that you can see remarkably well. It can be quite nice just to sit. Sometimes it's difficult to get back to sleep afterwards.

 

Where do you live? Can I visit?

 

At around 2:00am a deputy sheriff asked me where I was heading. I told him I was taking a jog. It's a gated community and he was patrolling the neighborhood. The sheriff was very friendly to the point where I thought he was having the happiest night of his life.

 

My favorite novel by my favorite 20th century novelist, Jack Finney, is The Night People. It is the story (apparently semi-autobiographical) of four bored yuppies in Marin County, who agree to meet many nights at 3 am, and explore the world at that time. Their activities go from harmless activities to daring pranks (like lying down in the middle of Highway 101 for a minute) to more and more outrageous adventures, leading to a glorious conclusion on the Golden Gate Bridge. I recently rediscovered this book, and read it again with just as much pleasure.

 

I'd rather not say exactly where I live on the open forum. Maybe it's enough to say "west of Boston." Visitors are always welcome.

 

Yeah, I always carry my ID no matter where I go just in case.


Abner

 

I used to get stares walking around San Francisco after dark -- I swear, most of the town rolls up the sidewalks after dark!

I still get stares because I live in a fairly small town. I don't get stopped very often, but I guess I must give off a suspicious vibe or something. It probably doesn't help that I look about 16 haha! They probably think I must be out partying or toilet-papering the streets*




It will be nice to have a yard again, where I can sit out at 3am in relative comfort/safety and just watch the stars. When I was a teen, I would lay out in my front yard at 4am and just watch the sky...

 

That is correct. In the United States, an American citizen doesn't have to carry identification papers, ID cards or passports while walking down the street. However, the citizen will need proper papers or ID if to drive a motor vehicle or board a commercial airline.