I live in a house down by the river. Up until today though, I had never gone down to the river. I've walked the tracks a few times but to get to the river you have to climb down another rather tall wall. Today I climbed the wall and walked the banks of the Ohio. Let me just say, its no Miami beach, there is quite a bit of trash down there and the smell is questionable at best. I quite enjoyed my little adventure though. There are some awesome pieces of drift wood down there, some of which I shall drag home at a later date. The coolest thing was the giant sewer pile that I found. I know your not supposed to wonder into strange, dark places but hey, that's what I do. I also found an old ladder that at one time was attached to the side of a train car. It's 5ft tall and weighs a ton. Ok, not a ton but my postal scale says it weights 40lbs. I took it home. Walking half a mile on the tracks with a 40lb ladder do is quite exhilarating. Ha ha, I lie, my neck is killing me. It's not exhilarating at all. I put the ladder to good use though. Now I have an easy way to climb on top of my shed. Its a lovely place to just lie there and stair at the stars.
☺ Skydive
☺ Go skiing
☺ Buy a motorcycle
☺ Buy a house
□ Bungee-Jump
☺ Finish remodeling my bathroom
☺ Read 2 full books a year (yea I know, I don't read much)
□ Wife
□ Visit Africa
□ Visit South America
☺ Eat a new type of meat
☺ Create a youtube video with over 10,000 hits
□ Have kids
□ Have some of my comics or illustrations published
☺ Go rock climbing
☺ Increase giving
□ Read the New Testament twice this year
□ Pick up 20 more hitchhikers
□ Keep my car clean
□ Ride a bull
☺ Have party at my house
☺ Preach at my home church
□ Eat 2 pieces of fruit a week (hey don't judge me)
□ Break a world Record
□ Grill out more often
□ Be in a movie
☺ Plant a garden
□ Use my reusable shopping bag more often
□ Ride a 4-wheeler
☺ Do the Polar bear plunge
□ See the Indian mounds
☺ Bring 12 new people into my church this year
☺ Stop making fun of the French
□ Ride and Ostrich
□ Challenge an Olympic athlete to a game of Paper Rock Scissors
3 comments:
FUN! Reminds me of the times as a kid when my friends and I would 'go exploring' in the woods that surrounded our neighborhood.
Dan, Did your neck ever heal? I assume it did since you aren't complaining about it in facebook.
Instead of looking for drift wood, I would be watching out for drifters who would like to wear that old Air Force fatigue jacket of yours.
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