Ha! Soap operas are a low bar!

We're doing more day-hiking, like you, and more car camping in distant destinations. Now that we have time, that's a real option. In the last sixteen months we've spent about three months in the Southwest, mainly car camping and day-hiking.

And we've adjusted gear, too. Neo airs to sleep on, hiking pokes to ease the stress on our knees, etc.

And like you, we bite of shorter hikes each day, and shorter trips overall. Not so many weeklong itineraries, more 2-4 trips with lighter packs.

But because we're retired we can take those long car trips and hike mid-week or even off season.