Take a Hike - done!

Thank you everyone for coming to this journey with me and all these amazing sims! It's been an honor and privilege to play with them and watch how they've grown and changed - some more and some a little less! 💕 It's been quite a ride for me too since I started this over a year ago, with having personal life problems and burn-outs and the simblr urge to start something and to never finish it. -Not to mention the numerous issues I've had with game itself and fearing multiple times that I've lost this save completely! I actually had to move everyone into a new save at one point and manually add their relationships because the save got so buggy. But I'm so proud of myself for actually sticking to this and seeing it through! 🎉

Special thanks to @thebramblewood, @lonvely, @foxsimthings, @jonquilyst, @plumbobpaparazzi, @oatberrytea and @kaepy for creating these gorgeous gorgeous sims that I have fallen in so much love with, and allowing me to have them in my gameplay after this challenge is done! 💋 🏕️

After this we're gonna see a couple wrap-ups of the highlights, and after that it's time for Frankie to return home. But I can assure you (as I've already played this save quite a bit) we're gonna see these guys a lot! ✨

Asher Reid for @kirsicca's Take a Hike Challenge

Loves the Outdoors | Party Animal | Green Fiend

Asher has lived a life of privilege, growing up as the first grandchild in an old money family. He lived an idyllic childhood - wanting for nothing and encouraged by his supportive parents to pursue anything he found interesting. Time spent fishing with his father at the private family lake led to a life-long affection for nature. He joined Scouts as soon as he was able, even leading a unit for a while in high school. Once Asher's unruly younger brother was old enough to attend high school with him, his focus shifted. Weekends once spent camping in the woods turned into "chaperoning" at parties and keeping his brother out of trouble. Not that Asher minded too much, he learned to appreciate a keg stand or two, and it led to hosting some killer parties his senior year. Right out of high school, he used part of his trust fund to purchase a small farm outside of Henford-on-Bagley to take up homesteading. He planned to enjoy some peace after his streak of partying, but after only a few months he felt unsettled. It felt like something was missing in his life even with the periodic trips home to visit his family. His father suggested they go camping together in a spot that he used to love as a child, but Asher found an even better option: a backpacking trip. What better way to figure out who he was than to get away from everything he knows?

Marcella Vinca for @kirsicca's Take a Hike Challenge

(Marr-sell-uh Veen-kuh)

Young Adult

Loves Outdoors, Geek, Adventurous

Marcella isn't like other girls. She likes sports, danger, and most importantly, video games, but that isn't why she's here. She's here because of what she craves most: experience. Proficient in skiing and rock-climbing, she knows signing up for this hike was right up her alley.

Background:

Marcella, along with her younger twin sister Cylene, was born in Del Sol Valley to a single mother. Her biological father is known but the family's connection with him severed when her mother rounded up Marcella and Cylene and moved to Brindleton Bay.

Although close with her sister, the two of them were different from the very beginning. Cylene was a girly-girl, liking make-up, dresses, and otherwise-traditional girly things, but Marcella was definitely a tomboy. She loved sports and never minded getting her hands dirty when playing outside in the marshes by her Brindleton Bay home.

As a teenager Marcella was heavily involved in Scouts, earning all 9 badges and leaving the troop as a Unicorn Scout. She still holds her experience near and dear to this day.

She now lives in Mt. Komorebi and works as a salaryperson, but when she's not at work you'll find her right on the slopes, doing leaps and somersaults on the black diamond hill. She even has the achievement of having reached the summit of Mt. Komorebi

Asher and Jamie have a heart-to-heart talk, and with that our journey concludes!

Are you ready to bid everyone farewell the next day? 👋😭

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Miranda for one is surely happy to return to her luxurious penthouse in Nuevo Corazón, but what did she discover in her journey far away from civilization's amanities?

Miranda's artistic side took over right off the bat! She took liking to cross-stitching from the very first day, and was seen practising that craft for the better half of the whole trip!

On the other hand, Miranda had to admit that she much disliked cooking. -Even if she had only so far tried to roast hot dogs... But we don't judge here, and neither does Miranda when she discovers that despite her high-maintenance trait she wants to look at things on the bright side and embraces her cheerful side!

The harsh conditions of the trip make Miranda also come to the conclusion that she is quite lazy, but the reason isn't that she got bitten by a deadly bee and had to rest off the sickness. When that didn't work, she gets even sicker and was the closest one to getting killed during the whole trip! Luckily a (lil cheated) antidote saves the day!

For the rest of the trip Miranda tries to get out of her comfort zone, but only ends up discovering that she really doesn't like fitness and would rather just sunbathe on the beach. But there's nothing wrong with that either! She does go on a little exploration on a cave in Sulani, but comes back rather empty-handed.

And what comes to relationships... Despite having the most crushes on her from the beginning, she doesn't really connect with anyone on a romantic way. As seen with Roberta and Asher, she becomes great friends with them though, but isn't in great terms with Jamie until the very end when she clears the air with him and the two become friends again.

Miranda was a great example how this journey could make you realize things about yourself in not-so-obvious ways! Turns out many things she experienced during this time made her realize just how much she disliked them, but what a better way to learn to appreciate the things you already have around you than that, right?

Time for the last group photo! 📸

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WE'RE BACK IN ACTION - Here starts day nine!

Time to commemorate the final day in Sulani!

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It's time to head to the local hot spot to air out the ranch dust! 🥳

Unfortunately Rori isn't much on a party mood and develops the fear of being alone... 😨 But at least Asher is having the time of his life! 🍷

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