I guess I have been rather fortunate in my life. I have hiked the Inca trail through the Sungate to Machu Picchu, climbed Huayna Picchu, stared in amazement at the stones of Sacsayhuaman, spent a wind blown night in Monteverde, stared into the abyss of Vesuvius, stood in the amphitheatre in Pompeii where Pink Floyd recorded Echoes, toured the Coliseum and the Vatican (omg, the wealth in St.Peters!) flew over the Nazca lines, paddled a sea kayak into the sea caves on Devils Island, climbed many a Great Lakes old abandoned light house, and rode a horse into Lake Michigan while he swam. All of this was done on the cheap.
I love cars and once built a high performance small block Chevy motor but decided to stay away from high performance cars. Some like expensive watches, cars, jewelry, etc. but from the time when I was young and used to lay in bed at night with my portable FM radio listening to the rock station (before it was classic) I told myself someday, I am going to listen to this music on a high end stereo. So while I have done all those things, the one thing I was always driven to is high end audio. My system is very nice but by no means ultra high end. It suits me fine and now that I am getting older I decided before I die I will accomplish this goal. I tweak here and there but am very fortunate to be able to have a "high end" system and achieved what I set out to do when I was 9 years old listening to that portable FM radio under my pillow at night. Interesting life, isn’t it?
I love cars and once built a high performance small block Chevy motor but decided to stay away from high performance cars. Some like expensive watches, cars, jewelry, etc. but from the time when I was young and used to lay in bed at night with my portable FM radio listening to the rock station (before it was classic) I told myself someday, I am going to listen to this music on a high end stereo. So while I have done all those things, the one thing I was always driven to is high end audio. My system is very nice but by no means ultra high end. It suits me fine and now that I am getting older I decided before I die I will accomplish this goal. I tweak here and there but am very fortunate to be able to have a "high end" system and achieved what I set out to do when I was 9 years old listening to that portable FM radio under my pillow at night. Interesting life, isn’t it?