I knew there was a
reason you and I blog together, Don; if for no other reason than to feed each
others YES! I WANT TO GO THERE!
I love your 10 places to visit! I find it interesting that the places I passionately want
to visit are cold. What is up with that?
Maybe it is because we’ve gone from eight inches of snow to 85 degree weather
in eight days.
Antarctica – I’d better
get there before the ice sheets slip off and make that sea space impassible.
I could probably do Iceland,
Hudson Bay and the Great Shield area, and Thunder Bay in the same trip. Time
would be the critical point here. I’m fascinated with Iceland because it uses
geothermic energy. I can only hope that the sun acts up while I’m touring so I
can see northern lights. There is also the possibility of floating through the historical
Northwest Passage sometime soon. That would be a kick!
Machu Picchu, Peru – a friend
is leading a tour there next spring which will include local shaman and
traditional rituals – don’t know if I’ll
make it. I might get the chance to see China sometime in the next couple of
years – that makes the Great Wall of China and Terracotta Warriors a
possibility. Obviously I’d have to add pandas and the great steppes of
Asia to that trip.
Then of course there is New
Zealand and Australia. I’d love to take the Lord of the Rings tour.
For warmer places, Fiji,
Borneo and Hawaii sound pretty good. A black sand beach? I’d like to see and walk
one, just for the experience.
My all-time
favorite, which will not come true in my lifetime, is a vacation on the moon. Not sure I'm curious enough to sign up for a one-way trip to Mars. But it is a thought...
I’ve been following Chris
Hadfield, the first Canadian Commander of the International Space Station.
Since his “Space Oddity”, Hadfield has become the equivalent of a space rock
star. I’ve watched his “Space Oddity”
a number of times, but for me, his Chris Hadfield and BarenakedLadies I.S.S. is the best: “out my window there goes home… that brilliant
ball of blue… voices bouncing off the moon…”
We’ve all heard of
actors that do the music thing, (Richard Geer comes to mind) but Don, did you know
that NASA believes that music is important to being human? They had two guitars
especially built for the Space Station. One stays on earth as an example, and
the other one is a permanent part of the inventory on the station.
I read Hadfield’s re-introduction
of gravity after 5 months of weightlessness is comparable to “full-contact
hockey”. That might be a drawback to travel among the stars.
We do seem to be a
restless species, always looking and questioning. I’m beginning to think we
have the curiosity of a cat; hopefully we haven’t used up our nine lives yet. Which
is good news because an asteroid known as QE2, a mile long asteroid, is going
to have a near-earth encounter on May 30th. It will fly by 15 times
farther away than the moon. I wonder if it will have enough gravity pull to
influence tides? Interesting thought.
Okay, a little bird from
Bosnia has suggested that your riddle answer is:
Cynicism.
Mine for this week is:
Some have it
Some don’t
Clip-able, cut-able
On some it is adorable
On others it is
entertaining
Thought to be ruled by
genetics
Have a great week,
everyone!
Carolyn
All images retrieved
from Google Images
fig.1 - Hudson
Bay-Northern lights Moon Hudson Bay Manitoba retrieved from www.canada-photos.com
fig. 2 - Terracotta
Warriors and Horses Guarding... retrieved from www.123rf.com
fig. 3 - Astronaut makes 1st space music video retrieved from www.newsyaps.com
fig. 4 Sony Creates Holodeck with PlayStation move retrieved from www.ubergizmo.com
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