Wish I had ....

done a trek through the Himalayas.

hitch-hiked
around Europe,
across country,
the West Coast
during the '60s.

hang-glided
off of Whiteside,
behind by a boat on the lakes.

done beachcombing on Fiji, Tahiti.

hiked the Appalachian Trail.

gone to Woodstock.

bicycled, motorcycled around the country.

seen a Saturn V launch, a Shuttle launch.

surfed the Endless Summer.

learned to fly an airplane.

been a merchant mariner.

done an African Safari.

done the streaking thing.

gone to Nam.

protested the war.

learned the hip-hop breakdance.

drank beer in a Russian cafe in '65.

danced on the Berlin Wall in '89.

gone to a college far away from home.

done a walk-about in the outback.

rode a hot-air balloon over world.

done
sky-diving,
parachuting,
air-surfing,
river riding,
water skiing,
snow skiing,
snow-boarding.

been a trucker in '60s and '70s.

explored the caves and caverans.

slept
in the Catacombs of the Colosseum,
on the streets of Eddingbrough,
in the heather of the Highlands,
among the stones of Stonehenge,
....

sat on the steps of the Temple.

built a one-room cabin on my land.

ditched school to spend the day on Glassy.

jumped and swung off the rock into the lake.

dug out Fort Prince George.

been in the Scouts.

learned to play the guitar.

never left a path un-explored.

ThoughtSmithing, 1999.

© jwhughes 1999