It's been a long winding road since the days in Madison. I have seen places most people never get to see and done things that I never thought I was capable of doing. I have met new friends and lost old ones. I have seen mountain sunrises and sunsets in Afghanistan, and been through dust storms and 140 degree heat in Iraq and Kuwait. I have seen immense opulence and the depths of poverty. I have lived in the United States and looked in on it as an observer from half the world away. I have seen life and death and all the amazing humanity in between. These first thirty years have been the best of times and the worst of times but the adventure is just beginning. I look forward to the new chapter