Byrons Wisdom

* Drank and feasted at world's tastiest and finest pubs in Ireland and England

* Lived in Bermuda

* Fed fish that came up you in the Ocean

* Skii'd black diamond runs on mountains, jumped 20 ft in the air, nightskiing over rocks to create sparks

* Fireworks: Took my boat to the Toronto harbour at night to watch up close the Toronto's Fireworks Festival

* Climbed the Sleeping Giant mountain in Thunder Bay

(circa 1980)

* Survived getting sucked 8 ft down into a violent swirling water vortex at The Cascades in Thunder Bay for 3 minutes holding my breath

The Cascades in Thunder Bay

* Picked amethyst in the bush where nearby where moose/beavers in Thunder Bay

* Visited the Grand Canyon

* Saw the graves of famous Hollywood people including Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) and Tyrone Power in Beverly Hills

* Visited the Oklahoma Bombing site

* Golfed and drank beer beside Michael Douglas in Bermuda

* Did a small musical director part in a theater production

* Biked throughout all of Toronto's trails

* Went to amazing high vista views in Bermuda

* Saw real huge dinosaurs, and amazing art galleries in NYC

* Saw a Broadway play - Annie Get Your Gun

* Saw most of the biggest music groups in the world: Police, Genesis, Audioslave, ...

(my photo of police concert 2008 Toronto)

* Saw the Hasty Puddings Group - famous theater troupe

* Planted millions of seedling trees for years at a nursery in Thunder Bay

* Dined in Las Vegas at 4am on steak after riding in on a Harley from California

* Showered in a thundering waterfall in Thunder Bay

* Worked till 10:30 pm at night in the bush and it still daylight (Northern Canada)

* Worked on reconstruction of a historic train station connecting US/Canada at Addie Lake near Thunder Bay

* Learned : Cello, Guitar, Bass, Piano fairly well

* Golfed in Bermuda on Bermuda greens

* In A solar eclipse

* Saw the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)

* Drove across both US and Canada

Stopping for gas in remote Vermillion Bay, On

* Caught amazing lake bass at Lake Addie in the north under the clear canopy of a billion stars that night

* Saved a friend from drowning in the raging river and gave him my jacket

* Saved another friend who fell through the ice

* Joined the Lions club

Niagara Falls Lions members at annual Fair

* Visited Amsterdam

* Went up the Eiffel tower, Empire State Building (NY), Niagara Falls Tower and C.N. Tower

* Boogie board surfed in Bermuda

* Visited the famous jazz district in New York's Village

* Picked oranges off trees in California and Bermuda

* Survived a boat expedition where I was lost, had damaged propulsion, and leaking boat

* Went to many art galleries: 2 Guggenheims (Florence, NYC) and the Uffizi in Florence. Saw group of 7, the impressionists, Andy Warhol and Marc Chagal in Rome

* Visited monster trees you could drive through near Okanogan Valley in B.C.

* Got lost in the bush (where people have died) but climbed a tree and rescued my family at Rainbow Falls