After scarfing down their Thanksgiving feasts, millions of people in the United States will swarm the parking lots and store awnings waiting for the doors to be thrown open. We’ve all heard the horror stories about what happens after that:

Clawing through crowds of people on Thanksgiving night has become an American tradition, eclipsing the whole being thankful and hanging with family thing.

The worst part? The retail rampage doesn’t even always result in real savings. Reddit user steve_nyc shared an article from The New Yorker last year that highlighted how stories use the promise of deals to draw people in—but don’t actually mark most stuff down:

“Black Friday doesn’t even necessarily offer the best discounts, contrary to what retailers want their customers to believe. Rather than selling most merchandise at full price and marking down what doesn’t sell, stores now engineer their prices, so that the ‘discounted’ prices are actually at the level they had wanted all along. Some ‘door-buster’ items, in limited quantities, lure people into stores. Many gifts, though, have lower price tags at other times. The consumer-price research firm Decide Inc. analyzed data for the Wall Street Journal last year and found that Elmo dolls, Ugg boots, Samsung TVs, and KitchenAid stand mixers were less expensive on other days. (Decide closed its services in September, after being purchased by eBay.) Consumer Reports indicates that many home appliances and small consumer electronics are cheapest in December.”

In response, outdoor store REI launched the #OptOutside campaign, closing their stores on Black Friday and paying their employees to spend the day in the sun. So far more than 51,300 people have shared their adventure plans on Instagram.

Several states and have gotten on board, too, promising waived fees at state parks for all shopping skippers. In Colorado, Delaware, and Minnestoa you get in for free. In California and Arizona all you have to do RSVP. In Missouri you can camp for free, Oregon park your car for free, and in Tennessee enjoy a comped guided hike. Mount Rainier, Olympic, and the Great Smoky Mountains—all national parks—are also joining in, not charging a penny.

This year celebrate your food hangover by heading to the hills, bask on the beach, or trekking through the trees. Unless, of course, you are too worried about missing out on this: