As I wrote about in this Good Things list I have done a lot of traveling. Being in the military can do that for you. But I still have a few places to go and things I want to do:
- Hot air balloon ride
- Visit those last two states on my list: North Dakota and Mississippi
- Explore the Florida Keys
- Vacation on Mackinac Island, Michigan
- Take a ship across the Atlantic and explore the Lake District in England. I want to visit the places of Beatrix Potter, Agatha Christie and Jane Austen. (Susan Branch’s book “A Fine Romance”, that is what I want!)
I am pretty hopeful about the first four. (I was planning to go to Mackinac Island fall of 2001 but 9/11 changed my plans.) Not as confident about the last one. I have a hard time picturing myself driving on the wrong side of the road and navigating all around England on tiny cart tracks. Maybe I could do a tour of some sort?
It feels good to still have dreams of adventure and to know that my traveling days aren’t behind me, yet. When they are I will have some glorious memories to keep me company.

Did hot air balloon a few years ago. Amazing. We did it in new Mexico and it was just spectacular
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Good to hear! I’d hate to spend all that money and then hate it.
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So worth it. But ask what land they take you over. We did it with a guy who leases air rights to some spectacular land. You don’t want to balloon over garbage dumps
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I’ll remember that!
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