Sojourner - Traveling with the “Canman”

Snow skiing or scuba? - which to choose for a solo adventure before the traditional family holiday visits? I chose the "red pill" for what I hoped would be a warm respite in an alternate universe.  It was the right decision! Perfect weather, warm water, a "chill" all-inclusive resort (Allegro Cozumel), and accommodating staff combined with a nexus of adventurous sojourners from around the world made for a wonderful getaway.  Natalia I felt rusty with only 12 dives under my belt from my previous two excursions at Cozumel and Okinawa. But my dive leader, Natalia, an adventurous young 20-something spirit from Madrid took me under her wing and put me at ease.  Batting cleanup on my second diving was Lucas, a Brazilian.  What gives them their adventurous spirit? Why wasn't I that way? Perhaps from my baby-boomer attachment to a stability-a common thread in baby boomers.  Would more affluence have changed that? Sometimes I think so. Lucas ...

New life is sooo beautiful and precious!  From newborns to assertive 2 year old prodigies, to whom the world is a wonderful playground,  except for this whole "pooping" thing.  Loving parents to are slaves to their child masters...Traditional Thanksgiving fixins,  (of which I now see in such a different light)... After Thanksgiving,  a memorable Greyhound bus trip, from Nashville to Memphis, to visit Elvis's Graceland.  An amazing experience to learn more about who this iconic man really was (builds nicely in the new 'Elvis' movie.  Who was Elvis? Answer: a kind and polite young man, who stayed authentic,  worked hard with joy for his vocation, followed his dream and wrote a good story.  He also provided another example of the pitfalls of attachment. Did any of that matter in the end?  Still, being the sole white guy sitting in the Memphis greyhound terminal strumming rock and blues on my guitar while travelers li...