Have you ever been on a walkabout?I went on one of sorts for two months when I was 17 in the summer of 1971.I hitch-hiked and hopped freight trains through 45 states and most of Canada ending up in Alaska and getting home a week late for the start of school.The experience changed the course of my life.
I have talked to my 15 year old grandson about going on a a solo wilderness tip next summer.He is excited.Now if I can talk my wife and his mother into letting him go.
I have been the sole male influence in his life.We took his mother in when she was a pregnant teenager and they lived with us for ten years. He is a great kid.He is an expert on John Wayne movies and collects knives and guns.He works for me and is learning to restore fossils and carve.He wants to be a mechanical engineer and I am sure he will be good at it.
I have talked to my 15 year old grandson about going on a a solo wilderness tip next summer.He is excited.Now if I can talk my wife and his mother into letting him go.
I have been the sole male influence in his life.We took his mother in when she was a pregnant teenager and they lived with us for ten years. He is a great kid.He is an expert on John Wayne movies and collects knives and guns.He works for me and is learning to restore fossils and carve.He wants to be a mechanical engineer and I am sure he will be good at it.
) After that, mabye I'll go to Ireland and find some of my remaining relatives.