Throughout my life and travels, I worked at a handful real sucky jobs, you do what you gotta do, but for the bulk of my life I've worked... hell, I can't call it work when you get paid to have fun, gain new experiences and knowledge of something new. I shuttered at the thought of spending my life doing the same job day in and day out for years on end only having a few weeks off for ‘vacation’. I wanted to travel, I wanted to learn and experience new things...I wanted to enjoy life. I wanted my life to be a vacation and find a way to pay for it.
This series of five books go into a fair amount of detail about what I did and how I did it, but there has to be a beginning and a discovery period and that’s what this book is about.
How did it all start? How did I become the person I am? I guess you'll have to read the series to find out. It has been, and continues to be, an adventure.
The trip to Jamaica made me aware that there was a big world out there and I wanted to see as much of it that I could and my wild anti-establishment, semi-crazy alter ego was strongly making its presence felt.
There was so much going on in south Florida I decided I wanted to explore the area further. I had done some crazy things in my life, but what I was about to do would end up being one of the craziest adventure up until that time. I would finally be able to take advantage of my treetop flying skills and with some of the money I made, I decided to take a cruise throughout the Bahamas...but not on one of those huge cruise ships I call cattle barges. I sailed on a ninety foot schooner...truly, an experience of a lifetime.
It’s interesting how the mind works during times of stress and emotional confusion. Rational thinking is turned up side down, your mind tells you one thing and you think that’s the way things are but in reality, they aren’t.
Another thing I learned is that with time the mind straightens itself out, but you have to work at it and it also helps if you have the support of true friends. I also found out that no matter how bad things seem to be there’s always someone else who is going through something that makes your problems seem trivial.
Concerning breakups and lost loves, I've learned the heart heals itself with time. You find new friends and new places to explore...you pull yourself out of the fire.
Lots of traveling. Lots of driving. Lots of new experiences. Meeting new friends and getting reacquainted with old ones. And best of all, living and loving life.
Sometimes there are times in our lives that stand out above all the rest...so it was with the summer of 1992.
Working at Solitude, during the late part of the ski season, I found myself enjoying what I was doing, but Cabin Fever had started to raise its ugly head.
I pretty much had my fill of the snow and cold and was looking forward to a much warmer setting.