{Style} by Lori Delisle

One thing I have been very conscious of in my life is my diversity of experiences.  I am very grateful for the variety I have had in my life because it has shaped my creative gifts, my eye, my tastes, my attitudes, my heart, my ideas about people and life. The highs and the lows, the fancy and not so fancy have all made me who I am.

So today I am going to try to write down some of those diverse experiences, starting with my travels.

Off roading in Cozumel

• I have CAMPED in my backyard, in a playhouse, under the stars, in a tent, in an RV, in a car, on a porch, and in a cabin.  I have camped in the redwoods, on the beach, in the desert, on the Rhine River at the base of a castle, in the heart of Paris, along the Berlin wall with gun fire in the distance, on a hillside over looking Florence Italy, at the base of the Swiss Alps, in the Yosemite Valley, in Grand Tetons and Yellowstone Natl parks.
  

  Biking in Lake Tahoe with Jayden in tow

• I have traveled by dune buggy, 4 wheel ATV, Volkswagon beetle and Volkswagon van, sedan, station wagon, minivan, box truck, light rail, city bus, school bus, Bart, train, boat, cruise ship, and airplane.  While traveling I have ridden on bicycles, horses, wagons, wave runners, speed boats, golf carts, paddle boats, water skiis, snow skiis, a kayak, snow mobile, ski lifts, sky trails, zip lines, a Mercedes ‘tank/truck’, water taxis, jeep, gigantic slides and elevators inside mines, subway trains, taxis, funiclars, gondola lifts, catamarans, horse and carriage, a white water raft, and a submarine.
  

  A Submarine in St. Thomas

• I have slept at cheap motels with lumpy matresses and bed vibrators (LOL!) and in luxury penthouse suites with balconies bigger than my house.  I have been flooded out of a tent, camped in mud, and been in an intense thunder & lightning rain storm on a boat in the Siene river.  I have been rushed to the hospital in Prague in a freezing cold ‘ambulance’ while the drivers smoked cigarettes.
  

  Black Tie Dinner with my Honey

• I have watched the sunset from the Eiffel Tower, shopped in occupied East Berlin and stood in a subway station surrounded by guards with machine guns, been in the ovens at Auschwitz, walked inside a glacier, swam in the Mediterranean, explored catacombs and mines, seen Old Faithful, swam with dolphins and with gigantic sting rays, seen my Great-Great-G?-Uncle’s artwork in the castle in Prague, nursed my son in the West Wing of the White house and waved to the President of the United States as he lifted off in a helicopter from the back lawn, learned how to sew seed beads by an American Indian, listened to a Venetian Orchestra inside an old church in Venice, seen the Swiss Alps from the top, had a beer in the Hofbrauhaus in Munchen at the age of 15, hiked to the top of Mt. Lassen, gone off roading in a jeep on the beach in Cozumel, and been the literal butt of a ventriloquist’s dummy’s joke.

Being SUPER embarrassed by the dummy.

The most exciting thing about experiences is that they come every day.  I have traveled many places, but I have a long list of places I still want to visit, people and places I still want to see, and that I am thankful for too.  It gives me many things to look forward to.

Standing in front of a dream in Key West

Happy Dreaming, Traveling, Journaling, and Grateful Living,