FAT BOY SEATS 2
Well, here I am jetting across the Atlantic and towards home to end the 2008=60 Tour. It has been a great year. The whole idea came to me because the government said at age 60 as an airline pilot, I would be too old to do anything. So, I decided I had better get with it and finish some things. (They changed that rule at the last minute, Dec. 2007, but I chose to ignore it.)
We got the James Dean Byrd Foundation school built and open. I worked with bikes for the poor and a couple of new projects, as I wanted one on one contact with those in need.They were all great experiences.
The travel was fantastic. Meeting friends in Grenada for the big mid-year party for all of us who had something to celebrate and those who did not. Just another reminder of how precious true friends are.
The extended stay in France and the language school where great learning experiences. I learned that France is way to cold for me to live in year round and that the government may be right, I may be to old to learn french, but I can still have fun.
The art classes were an eye opening experience. Even though there is art I do not like, I now at least appreciate that it took talent and time to create.
By far the best trip was the Motorscooter diaries. What a wonderful way to see American and meet the many different people in it. I am already planning the 2009 trip.
Watching the most amazing election ever to take place in the U.S.A. That, in so many ways, united the people of America and the world again, but sadly at the same time has created a deeper and more vicious divide in the people in the States.. Hopefully, it will be all for the good in the future. Only time will tell in what is going to be I thnk a very bad economic time.
So, thank you for letting me share this experience. It has been very kind of you to come along for the ride.
