Face Your Fears
Audio Transcript: I believe a person can learn something new at any age. Within the last few years, I’ve started taking stock of my firsts during the year. For example, this year I learned to paddleboard, I tried indoor rock climbing, and I even played my first virtual reality game. It was a zombie apocalypse shooting game. Those zombies looked so real. The game started with the zombies slowly limping toward you and then they got faster until they were charging straight at you. Teaming up with other players with a common goal to protect the energy core, or whatever it was, was thrilling and exhilarating. I put 2400 miles on my motorcycle, which was a first for riding that distance on a road trip. I even rode across the Bridge of the Gods, which is a steel, grated bridge built in the 1920s. This impressive bridge goes across the Columbia River between Cascade Locks, Oregon and Washington state near Bonneville. This bridge makes a lot of motorcyclists uncomfortable, especially ...