Disclaimer: Much of the blame for my addiction to adventure travel can be placed on my parents.  As a child growing up in Fort Lauderdale,  some days were hotter than you-know-what!  Numerous Saturday or Sunday drives down through the Florida keys were an ultimate escape from the heat.  One year Dad traded in a bunch of Raleigh cigarette coupons for a tent and Coleman stove,  and the rest is history.  Now we could stay overnight in the Keys, or anywhere else.  Soon we began traveling to Canada every year, and camping all along the way.  Eight people plus a dog in a 9x12 tent was an adventure!  On some trips we would camp in 15 or 20 states.  After college,  I bought a van, worked three jobs to save some money,  and hit the road for three months.  I spent a week or so at each of those cool National Parks out west,  and became hooked for life on travlin'.  After a half dozen long roadtrips through America,  I tried backpacking through Central America.  My last trip was down to South America.  Every trip gets better.  The folks you meet on the road are a special breed.  Lots of folks travel for a year or two at a time.  The world is big.  We are lucky to live in a time when travel is possible, and relatively easy and inexpensive.  I wouldn't trade any of my trips for all the $$ in the world!  Thanks Mom and Dad.

Note:  Additional blame for this affliction must also go to the professors at Fitchburg State College.  Initially I was after an EE degree at ULowell,  but the class was full, so I took a intro Bio course at FSC.  The rest is history.  Dr.'s DS, NA, and all the others made learning a real blast.  The Geo profs, Dr.'s B, C, and G got me thinking about how lucky we are to live in a land so rich in natural wonders!

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