I'm lucky...
Feb. 24th, 2010 04:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
curmugeonI've had many opportunities in life, and when presented to me, I took them. I've had the misfortune to have had a few medical problems that also defined my life and made the journey a bit difficult at times. I've been blessed with the ability and opportunity to experience both sides of life, I've had a glimpse at the other side and it was good. Overall, I've lived in the present, and in the moment, taking every chance to get that rush that is discovering what life has to offer. I'm still living. Discovery is life, and I could be here without it. I remember....
Watching the sunrise from a mountain top, watching the moon rise over a silent desert, riding in a fishing boat on the stormy Atlantic, riding a motorcycle across Wyoming, sitting on the pit wall during a race, the smells, the sounds, the visual. Walking the Berlin Wall, walking in Amsterdam, riding on Mad Sunday on the Isle of Man. Driving the Autobahn at 125 mph... Seeing Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, meeting Ken Kesey, Tom Wolfe, and some others in Big Basin, times in Haight (1968), concerts in Golden Gate Park, Winterland, and the Filmore West, Monterey Pop. Places like Big Sur, Esalen, San Francisco, Berlin, Hollywood, Mammoth, Arcadia, Grand Canyon, Devils Tower, Mt Rushmore, Glacier National Park and Going to the Sun Highway. Driving Coast to Coast in four days, traveling by motorcycle in Europe, Monterey to Los Angeles in a bit over 4 hours, my '57 Chevy, my '57 Volkswagen, a BSA Lightning, a Honda 160, they all had a part. I have so many things in my brain, so much visual and sensory experiences, memories are good.
Watching the sunrise from a mountain top, watching the moon rise over a silent desert, riding in a fishing boat on the stormy Atlantic, riding a motorcycle across Wyoming, sitting on the pit wall during a race, the smells, the sounds, the visual. Walking the Berlin Wall, walking in Amsterdam, riding on Mad Sunday on the Isle of Man. Driving the Autobahn at 125 mph... Seeing Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, meeting Ken Kesey, Tom Wolfe, and some others in Big Basin, times in Haight (1968), concerts in Golden Gate Park, Winterland, and the Filmore West, Monterey Pop. Places like Big Sur, Esalen, San Francisco, Berlin, Hollywood, Mammoth, Arcadia, Grand Canyon, Devils Tower, Mt Rushmore, Glacier National Park and Going to the Sun Highway. Driving Coast to Coast in four days, traveling by motorcycle in Europe, Monterey to Los Angeles in a bit over 4 hours, my '57 Chevy, my '57 Volkswagen, a BSA Lightning, a Honda 160, they all had a part. I have so many things in my brain, so much visual and sensory experiences, memories are good.
