Last year I picked up a dusty book off the shelf by Louis L'Amour. I had never heard of him but the title intrigued me. On page 4 of the book L'Amour writes "school was interfering with my education". Few words have impacted my life as much as these. L'Amour also says "education should provide the tools for a widening and deepening of life, for increased appreciation of all one sees or experiences. It should equip a person to live life well, to understand what is happening about him, for to live life well one must live with awareness." It was at the moment of reading these words that I knew I needed to make some drastic life changes. L'Amour traveled the world and so would I. I began to think of where I wanted to go. China was screaming my name. I started looking for flights and found a great deal to Hong Kong from San Francisco for only $640 round-trip. I would use Hong Kong as a jump start city and go from there. I began to talk to my good friend Dayton about this idea and before I knew it, we had not only planned to visit China but the Philippines and Thailand as well. I put my truck in the classifieds and dropped all the classes I had registered for at school. This was turning out to be the greatest adventure of my life. Even greater than I first imagined it would be as I read L'Amour's book. Through this blog I plan to share my experiences through words and photos. Ultimately, what I have learned is that the joy of life comes from new experiences and the building of relationships through those experiences. My greatest hope is to inspire the reader to live life abundantly and to have new life experiences.
Jeff Treft
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