Some of My Life Experiences

 1n my life I have performed as a professional magician; been a member of the pit crew for a drag racer; played the drums in a professional country/rock band; married an amazing woman; learned how to cook well enough that it became a passion; watched my daughter grow into a beautiful, well grounded young lady; shared life energy with wondrous twin grandsons; walked on four continents (actually I rolled on the fourth one); watched the sun rise over a sleepy fishing village in Portugal; dined on Paella and Fino in the ancient streets of Cadiz, Spain; bargained for a hand crafted carpet in The Kasbah of Tangier, Morocco; wandered the galleries of The Prado in Madrid; ordered and smoked marijuana in an Amsterdam coffee shop; strolled through a medieval castle in Scotland; danced through the streets of Port of Spain, Trinidad, sipping rum, in full costume, to celebrate Carnivale; hovered over The Great Barrier Reef in a helicopter; cradled a joey (baby kangaroo);  visited the sacred Aboriginal site, Uluru or Ayers Rock; rolled through the rain forest in Costa Rico; wept at The Viet Nam Memorial Wall; looked upon the grave of General/President George Washington; observed the changing of the guard at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; sat in on sessions of The US Supreme Court, House of Representatives, and Senate; and been lifted through the locks of the Panama Canal.