Ive climbed the Khufu Pyramid Where have you been? Where will you go? Try new things, enjoy life every day and you will know, when your life comes to an end that you have lived it to the fullest. Ive stood atop the Mexican Pyramid of the Moon Ive swam with 2 rays thru a Bahaman coral garden Ive scuba dove through a sunken ship with Groupers and Puffers Ive climbed the stairs of a Jamaican waterfall Ive danced reggae at a Jamaican beach party Ive parasailed with seagulls in Acapulco Bay Ive helicoptered into Waialealeale caldera and over Waimea Falls Ive slid down into a Kuaui jungle pool Ive hiked thru a bamboo forest up to the 7 sacred pools Ive jumped a Jet Ski over ocean waves Ive watched the sun setting over Haleakala crater snorkeled in the Kona and Oahu reefs wave boarded in the Atlantic surf Ive rafted down the Colorado river with my sons Ive ridden a trek bike thru Utahs slickrock desert plateau Ive gazed down into the Grand Canyon from its rocky precipice Ive hiked up to 3 Emerald Falls dropping into Zions canyon Ive sat in awe in a meadow overlooking Yosemite Valley Ive ridden a horse thru the Superstition mountains Ive hitchiked throught the Mohave desert at high sun Ive played drums on Saturday night for hundreds of dancers Ive played keyboards with "the Blues Brothers and Elvis" Ive reggaed with Bob Marley and grooved with Duane Allman Ive sang with Paul McCartney and danced with Ringo Starr Ive fished in the evening surf of Gulf of Mexico Ive golfed amongst the alligators and manatees on Sanibel Island Ive caught Walleyes and Northerns in the northern lakes Ive hunted Minnesota Mallards, Honkers, Grouse, and Ringnecks Ive spent 4 days with no food on an Outward Bound solo Ive skiid the alpine slopes of the Utah and Colorado Ive soaked in the hot springs of Colorado Ive gazed into the craw of the 9 11 hole Ive looked down on Manhatten from atop the ESB Ive walked the halls of Ellis Island and boated around the SOL Ive walked thru the Whitehouse and all the DC memorials Ive taken an elevator to the top of the Roman Colloseum thrown coins in the Trevi Fountain sang with musicians on the Spanish Steps eaten lunch next to the Pantheons fountains stared in amazment up at the Sistine Chapel ceiling and the David genuflected in front of St Peters alter strolled thru the Ancient Forum walked thru the baths, bordello, and theatres of Pompeii taken a lift up to Mt Solero on Capri overlooking Naples swam in the harbor of Sorrento ridden a horse along the Bahamian shores cruised the Amalfi coast thru Positano and Ravello cruised the Rhein river past the castles explored the dark recesses of Rheinfels Castle lunched atop Schilthorns revolving restaurant cruised the Swiss towns of Thunersee on Sunday evening cruised the Grand Canal beneath the Rialto bridge rode in a Gondola past Marco Polos house fed the pigeons in Piazza San Marzo climbed the inside of the Duomo to look out over Firenze ate dinner with my students in Piazza Signoria strolled down the Champs De Ellyse from the Arch to the Louvre explored Pere La Chaisse to find Jim Morrisons grave elevated to eht top of the Eiffel Tower at sundown and walked down the stairs got mooned six times cruising the Seine in a Baton a nuit took a taxi to dinner in St Michel climbed the 700 steps to the gargoyles guarding the top ot Notre Dame shopped in Montmarte next to Sacre De Couer saw a bullfight in the Plaza de Toros shopped the casbah in Morrocco shopped the Kalid al Kalil in Cairo swam in the Meditarranean in Alexandria took a train sailed the Nile Rier in a boat singing visited a tomb next to the Pyramid of Saqqarra gazed at King Tutenkamens tomb in the Cairo Museum walked thru the mummy room at the Cairo mueum climbed a minaret in the mosque in Cairo played basketball vs the Egyptians iat Cairo U stared up at the stars from the marble floor of the Athenian Parthenon stood under the Lins gate at Mycenae whispered to a friend in the perfect acoustics of the Epidaurus theatre sat atop the ruins of the Temple in Delphi wrestled in the Delphic Stadium discoed the night away in the ASthenian Plaka rode motorcycles all day on Crete, Corfu and Rhodes attended a service in the Patras cave where St John wrote Armageddon ran a 440 around the ancient Olympic stadium ran a 440 around the modern Olympic stadium walked a 440 around the Circus Maximus ate fresh kalamari in the Mykonos harbor as a greek played a goatskin bagpipe skinnydipped in the Mediterranean Sea at Paradise beach admired the ancient floor mosaics in the rain on sacred Delos island studied for finals on the ruins of Aegina island rode a donkey up to the ancient ruins above Lindos on Rhodes walked the top of the Medieval Castle of Rhodes peered into Anne Franks and Rembrandts house saw Van Goghs paintings in Amsterdam, Paris, New York, and Mpls saw Botticellis Birth of Venus and Boschs Garden of Earthly Delights saw Venus de Milo and Mona Lisa walked amongst the ancient rocks of Stonehenge walked across Abbey Road with bare feet slept in Hyde Park to be woken by horse riders slept on the Olympic downhill slope of Innsbuck to be woken by a deer and a cuckoo slept in a Black Forest barn inn to be woken by cows and pigs slept in Harrington station to be woken by the morning commuters rode a train through the fjords from Oslo to Berggen rode a train from Koblenz to Mainz along the Rhein castles rode a train thru the Swiss Alps down into Italy and Lake Como saw the sunken ship Wasa in Stockhom sunbathed with the beautiful women of Denmark at Klampenbourg beach explored Westminster Abbey and St Pauls cathedral walked along the Thames under Big Ben ate banana crepes innnnnnnn Paris drank lots of wine on top of Mt Lykabettus overlooking Athens at night climbed the Great Wall through four towers rode rickshaws thru the Hutongs to a home cooked Beijing meal cruised the Huang Po river at night lit up in neon looked down upon the Pearl Tower from the Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai sauntered thru the YuYuan gardens and the Imperial Gardens toured the Forbidden Palace staared at the terracotta sodiers and horses of Xian rode a bicycle along the ancient wall of Sian ate at a chinese MacDonalds, KFC, and Pizzza Hut Im a President, editor, and webmaster of a Historical Society Ive taught hundreds of students Ive raised 3 sons Ive been happily married for over 20 years Where have you been? Where will you go? Try new things, enjoy life every day, help others get started and you will know, when your life comes to an end that you have lived it to the fullest.