You rode the waves with four mast island hopping for treasure with Silver,
You hiked the trails of a canyon so grand, then tackled a raging river,
Explored a cavern so mamouth, so deep and dark you thought you were blind,
Walked a great wall, then stopped off in Tibet to drink tea with the Dali Lama,
You soared in the sky  gliding between clouds, with hot air too,
Walked the plains of the Serengetti while looking at Kilimanjaro,
Seen the pools and a faithful geyser while running with the pack,
You felt the frigid bite on top of  Everest, Hilarys glory with papa,
Skied the slopes of the Alps to the Rockies in fresh powder,
Stood before a big red rock outback talking to the Pitjantjatjan elders,
Then swam deep into a blue hole then next riding an iceberg off the coast,
You explored the rivers, lakes and oceans of the world with Calypso,
Looked into the molten depths of a live volcano and searched for the center of the earth,,
While touching the poles with Byrd, no barber poles here,
Walked up Pikes Peak for a better view and stood on top of Half Dome,
Marveled at a painted desert, drank water from a canteen on a dromedary in the Sahara,
To getting a suntan in a valley of death, Mojave style,
Relaxing in hot springs everywhere trying to find that special fountain of De Leon,
You have traveled around the world so many times in so many ways,
Under and on the seas, On lands far from home and in the skies above,
All in less then eighty days, You never lost the beauty or the memories,
Conquering all till nothing remained of a world of natural and man made wonders,
Now here you stand in a sea of tranquillity gazing down at a world ,
You have conquered while waiting for your shuttle and your next conquest,
A planet in red...........


PHOENIX       10/7/19