On the wheel

So, it's official. I'm back in the States. Just short of 6 months back in the city, in the States, and I joined a gym. Don't get me wrong, I am not scared of getting physical. But the notion of a gym just seems so ridiculous. A mess of people all going nowhere on a variety of machines. I just feel like a hamster. Albeit a slightly more svelt hamster, as of late. Gyms aren't as a big phenomenon in other parts of the world. And memberships to them. Why join a gym when you can hike up a volcano?