Remember when, as a kid, you lay on the fresh-mowed lawn, smelling the newly-cut grass mixed with the cool spring air and gazed up at the puffy white clouds slowly cruising above you? You'd create images of all sorts of creatures and objects in those clouds and just simply wonder. You'd wonder about all things, well, wonderful.How long has it been since you felt that way?
For me, its been way too long.
I've decided to take a detour in my hum-drum life and embark on a journey of adventurism. Now, will I be climbing Mt. Everest or scuba diving amongst killer whales, no. Well, not really. You see, what I mean is that even small scale "adventures" can emulate or reference big ol' risky ones...for instance, here in Orlando I could ride the Expedition Everest roller coaster at Animal Kingdom or visit Shamu at Sea World and because of their similarity to the "bigger" adventures mentioned previously, one can imagine something almost as grand.
To aid in my mind's immersion into this new adventurous attitude, I'm going to, once again, take on the persona of my alter-ego super hero of sorts, Capt'n Bloetox and, later today, I'll be joined by my new Monkey Boy.
So I consider this my first day of my journey. One that will tap into my almost lost childhood sense of wonder and awe, and exploit it for all it's worth. Who knows how many more opportunities I'll get?