This is a heartwarming memoir with an end you will not anticipate.
Those of you who have read my “official” bio know that I left home at an early age seeking adventure. And I had some luck in finding it. I’ve written about those adventures in these very pages. But now, I have a new one for you. I haven’t told it before because I get emotional when I think about it.
It was 1967, and at the tender age of seventeen, I was away from home for the first time. Home was Miami, Florida. During summer vacation between my junior and senior year in high school, I decided I wanted to see the world – or at least that part of the world bordered by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans on the North American continent.
So, I stuck out my thumb to see where it would take me. As it turned out, it took me to many magical places and a…
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What a wonderful story and I did get very emotional reading it. Thank you for sharing. Sending you lots of love and many hugs.
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Thanks! Glad you liked it. I thought it was a wonderful story.
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Thank you for the re-blog and I’m glad you enjoyed my humble effort.
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It was a wonderful story. Hope to read some more. Found out about it on Chris, the Story Telling Ape.
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we go back as far as your hairline
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My hairline is good so you must not go back very far unless it is somebody else’s hairline. Thanks for commenting.
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I’m off to see where his adventure sent him!
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I’m with you. I want to read more of his story. Fascinating chapter he shared today.
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A great read thanks for sharing this Pat.
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Thanks, Paul. Glad you liked it. I would like to read more of his adventures.
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Here’s one if you’d like to read it. https://andrewjoyce.wordpress.com/2021/02/22/hermosa-beach-3/
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Thanks for the URL. You must have more lives than a cat. Great story.
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Yes, me too.
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