Rode the train into Union Station
like Abe Lincoln used to do.
Viewed his memorial alone at 2 am
descending Washington Monument, too.

Enjoyed bears three times in the wild
picked off a flying pheasant with a 22
caught a musky when I was only 13
walked beside a bull elk in Alberta, too.

Spent two days in the Cairo Museum
Dinosaur National Monument hidden gem
Pagsanjan Falls Japanese in long johns
El Fuego erupting from the air back then.

Enough Forrest Gump encounters
with great people from before
learning they are just like you and I
striving to know and do more.

Drove Northwest to Prince George
BC
Southwest all the way to San Felipe, Baja
Southeast to Miami, Northeast to Hartford
and everywhere in between much more.

I don't need a bucket list
having done more than most.
Have toured foreign countries
with local friends as my host.

I'm content with my memories
to write of the adventurous lore
that insatiable desire to know,
seeking, but finding so much more.