I haven ' t ever experienced SAD . It ' s just pretty much constant depression for me . None of those pesky fluctuations . <| sep |> Hiking ! Especially over the course of a few days without using a car , etc . There ' s really nothing a fantasy adventurer would do more than travel long distance by foot unless your universe let ' s folks be lazy , and learning just how long it takes to travel a few miles by foot can help you set the tempo of any traveling . In ancient times , people would travel THOUSANDS of miles by foot . Nomadic peoples from Asia would travel to central Europe and even Iberia in a single lifetime . On foot . With their families . Carrying the supplies for a settlement with them . Even as recent as the 19 th century , pioneers like Meriwether Lewis were hiking from Ohio to Oregon , and Oregon to Louisiana , only able to use waterways for brief intervals .