Walking is the speed we were designed to go! It can be boring if you're in an artificial environment- like ugly city streets with no greenery and just glaring cement and traffic, etc.- But to this day, I still fondly remember walking in the woods which I lived next-door to when I was an adolescent. I couldn't wait to get home from school and hit those woods! It was peaceful and quiet, and there were so many different "micro-environments" which changed every few hundred feet; and the ability to not just see, but rather "experience" the effects that the different seasons would have on the woods, really made me appreciate the splendor of the natural world- even what little bits of it that remained in the suburbs. 40 years later now, I don't think a day goes by that I don't think of those great walks! The sights and smells! ...and the thoughts and emotions they'd conjure!

The bright green new buds everywhere and inchworms, of spring.
The shade and greenery and sounds of life in summer.
The colors and briskness and rustling leaves of fall.
The barrenness and invigorating feel and snow of winter.....

These things made me want to live in a natural environment where I can experience these things every day of my life. The woods i used to walk in are now a non-descript developement of suburban houses.....but now I live in a place where I can live among the splendor of grass and trees and dirt and sky!