The image above was entered into a photo contest titled “Point of View” in a quarterly magazine I get because of a travel investment my wife and I made a couple of decades ago. I didn’t win, but was given an Honorable Mention award. They featured the photo not only in the contest pages article, but also inside the front cover in the table of contents. My sister-in-law, who is an editor, says that is a big deal. Obviously, I chose the image because I thought the photo was pretty good; not necessarily my best from my 2019 adventure, but one that seemed to match the theme of the contest. I have been wanting to put together a best-of collection from my most memorable moments since I returned in April, but as I mentioned in the last post, I am pretty busy for a retired guy. It takes a lot of time to go through thousands of images. I assure you, they were not all winners, but I do enjoy the process. I am still editing the gallery, nevertheless I am offering a click here to show you what I came up with so far. I also finally found on a DVD I have been looking for since I started this website the jpeg files of a road trip I took with a friend (and fellow teacher) in the summer of 2014. It contains some good memories from that adventure which you can see by clicking here.
I am often asked what was my favorite part of the trip. I can’t answer that question because the whole trip was better than my wildest dreams. I only got sick once and otherwise stayed injury free (I understand this is a pretty low bar) on this amazing journey around the globe that happened without planning more than the flights and the prearranged tour of Madagascar. I met hundreds of interesting people and got to see and do so many things that are on many adventure seekers’s bucket lists. I personally don’t have a bucket list, because I dream about seeing it all. I don’t want my bucket half full or half empty. I don’t want to check anything off. I just want to keep having experiences and spread a little good will as I go. I have taken a few trips since then, and have to post about them before my first adventure of the New Year. I will keep this post short and end gratefully with thanks for 2019. Happy New Year!