** let me start off by saying that I am writing these diary posts from my cell . So please excuse the format, look, possible grammatical errors, and feel of this presentation for normally I would have a laptop but wanted to disconnect is much as possible while walking the Camino de Santiago. Week 1: A hard lesson in humility! July 1, 2016 What a physically rough day. They warn that this day is by far the hardest, but come…
“What would be your walk up to bat music?” This was the question posed to me and several others at a New Orleans Zephyrs minor league baseball game on a beautiful mid June night at the Shrine on Airline. Most of the others came up with interesting or fun song titles but I suddenly went blank! I sat there pondering this question for the rest of the game while critiquing the current batters choices as they came up to bat wondering why on…
Have you ever dreamed of going on a wild African Safari? Hell Yeah! Oxford Dictionary defines a Safari as “an expedition to observe or hunt animals in their natural habitat, especially in East Africa.” Growing up reading Zoo Books has inspired many to follow in the footsteps Hemingway or President Roosevelt and fulfill their dream of going on safari. Who wouldn’t want to take such an epic adventure? What prevents people from doing so? Well, usually it is the cost and time to travel to Africa…
Editor’s Note: The 4 Leaf Clover Project: Sharing a Little Luck was originally published May 2016 and has recently been updated and revised for accuracy and comprehensiveness. When I was creating my Bucket List Project several years ago, I remember being able to bang out 80+ things in the initial writing of my list in that old composite notebook. It came easy to put down travel, adventure, and even personal growth items on my list! But when I went to…
I have been very blessed and lucky in the first 40 years of my life to elude major illnesses or injuries. But as you get older you start to think & notice things, like Heart Disease, Strokes, & of course the most evil of them all: Cancer. Perhaps this is because I entered an era of my life where others my age started having to deal with those issues while those older than me, like my parents, seem to be facing those challenges a bit more regularly. Now from 20-35 years…
“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!” ~Benjamin Franklin Ok So I realize that it is already mid May and that 1/3rd of 2016 is already over but that doesn’t mean that I didn’t plan it out! I just didn’t share it yet! In fact, every January, I tend to sit down post Christmas and start Bucketlistlusting (is that a word?) from my Old Notebook. Then I literally create a year graph and draw out how I…
(Originally published on 03/09/15) People keep asking me, Where are you Travelling to Next? What Bucket List are you going to attack Next??? Well, you asked…DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!! At the End of March, I will Travel for 1 day to Toronto, then off to ICELAND for 6 Nights, and ending my trip on Easter in Washington, DC for Family! God Willing, I will be Completing the Following Bucket List Items: #130-7 Eat Poutine in Canada #134 Swim In Blue Lagoon Geothermal…
(Originally published on 03/02/15) Wait….What Year is IT??? How Did I miss 2014 already? Wait, how old am I? I turned 39 Last Wednesday?? Holy Crap!!!! Where did those days go? These are all statements people say all the time when you ask them what they did last year or what they did during the past year of their life on their birthdays. I know its what people keep asking me. So what did Eric Gamble, Mr. Bucket List, Mr. World…