While I always figured myself to be the type of person who'd never-ever travel somewhere by bus, wearing an ID card around my neck, Life has a way of surprising you; and there I was, one day--one night, actually--in Shanghai, China, with a lanyard around my neck and an Orange Bus #2 ID attached to…
This is, I believe, the place.
When I saw this video (below) on social media, I had an instant visceral reaction. Then I saw the location where the video was take -- Twister Falls at Eagle Creek in Oregon -- and I thought, "That's the place! It has to be!"
Back in my early or mid-30s, my…