*sigh* where to begin?
Spending time with one of the sweetest souls I've known. Grandpa, mother's side. (Morning d 70s)
Dad owned a bar when I was a kid. He'd switch out bar games and bring some home. At different times, my brother and I had...pinball machine, arcade games, shuffleboard, ping pong table, darts, pool table, etc. (early 80s)
Weeks of summer (multiple years) spent houseboating w/ family (mid 80s) on Lake Cumberland, Kentucky. Lots of fishing, water sports, exploring.
Long drawn out road trips in junior high & high school. Good Friends, spacious cars, long, straight and smooth roads, weed, beer and "The Wall." (Late 80s)
Univ. at E. Michigan & just....ridiculous amounts of drugging and boozing. (Early 90s)
Mardi Gras (New Orleans), San Fermin (Pamplona), tripped acid on an overnight flight, hitched rides across the US, Oregon coast, peaked Mt St Helens solo, Olympic Natl. Pk., Mt. Rainier, Alaska (Aleutian) fishing boat, Yellowstone, Crater Lake, the Badlands, Isle Royale, Mt. Katahdin, wilderness canoeing (Maine), White Mts (New Hampshire), so many other places, lots of hiking, camping, fishing, backcountrying, so many random people along the way (most gooood).
1st job in Korea. (95')
1st job in Thailand. (97')
1st job in Saudi. (99')
More hiking, hitching rides and camping: Korean mountain peaks, Thai jungles, Saudi deserts.
3 marriages. Several stints of polygamy.
An unnatural amount of sex, drugs, rock n roll, booze & pushing limits.
Vaca Travels: Sri Lanka, Japan, Cambodia, Malaysia, Turkey, Greece, U.A.E., Mexico, Kenya, Ecuador, Keys, Bahamas, NYC, Boston, Vegas, Seattle, San Fran, Alaska and quite a few more.
I had a pretty good run, I guess.