Barryisms

After A Ways I Could See A Huge Boat Mostly Buried In The Sand While Examining The Boat It Seemed To Have Been A Cabin Cruiser About 65 Feet Long. Then Walking About 100 Feet South Of The Boat I Was Stunned To Find A Human Body Not Something You See Every Day. The Person Was Mostly A Skeleton Although Hair Was Evident On His Head; Jeans And Shirt Were Tattered And The Skull Looking Toward The Sky Where I Could See Some Primitive Dental Work. . After A Couple More Frightening Traverses While Hanging In Space I Thought We Had Passed The Most Difficult Situations Wrong Again! We Came To A Place Where Youre Climbing Along The Cliff Face With No More Than 4 Inches Of Rock On Which To Place Your Feet. That Accelerated My Heartbeat A Tad! . While Hiking On A Narrow Dike I Came Face To Face With A Bison Almost Blocking My Passage. As I Walked Past He Charged Me. I Yelled Stop That! And He Stopped About 2 Feet Away. . Few People Have A Desire Or Capability To Experience The Edge. For Most Of My Life I Professed To Experience Life As Close To The Edge As Possible To Death As This Is The Only Way To Live A Life To Its Fullest. . Being Up Here Among 12000 Foot Peaks In The Enchanting Time Before Sunrise Will Always Remain As A Consummate Memory In My Mind. I Was Filled With A Delightful Wonderment. Then There Came The Serene Alpine Glow As The Sun Embraced The Mountain Peaks. As John Muir Would Say A Noble Experience. . The Sun Would Occasionally Pop Out Followed By Dark Clouds And Usually Hail Or Sleet. I Didnt Care; I Was Wet; In A Numbing Trance And Reduced To Taking Baby Steps Forward-One Step At A Time. Around 6 Pm I Reached The Road Which Was Back Down At 10000 Feet. I Had Only Traveled 8 Miles But On The Most Difficult Trek Of My Life. . We Had Chased The Gator Near Shore; I Jumped From The Boat In Knee Deep Mud; Struggling Through The Mud I Grabbed The Gator With My Left Hand And Immediately He Came Around And Imbedded His Teeth In My Right Arm. Just As Quickly He Let Go And I Loaded Him Into The Boat. Mostly I Was Concerned With Infection But A Little Rum In The Holes Took Care Of That.