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Dreams

Who were (are) your heroes?  In my pre-teen years, mine were everyone on the New York Yankees - Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Yogi Berra.  JFK.  In my teen years, mine were The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Michelle Phillips and Gracie (wink), and practically everyone in the rock scene.  They could do no wrong. In my early adult years, my heroes were Ted Simon, Colin Fletcher, Jesus, Krishna Das, Leonard Cohen, and Ravi Shankar.  Ok, can't leave out Joni.  Heroes shape your personal dreams - who you want to be like.  What do you want to do in life? This is where you, the reader, comes in.  If you are interested in adventure, the Granddaddy of motorcycle adventure is Ted Simon.  A British journalist who rode his Triumph motorcycle around the world as documented in the must read classic book Jupiter's Travels .  Another must read adventure book, however it is unrelated to motorcycles, is The Man Who Walked Through Time by Colin Fletcher....