Places I've Never Been

I wonder, are there places I haven't been that are perfect for me? I understand that this question cannot be answered because it is impossible to visit every place imaginable in order to find out. I am talking about how many states, cities, lakes, deserts, waterfalls, and prairies I will never visit, but would have loved more than any other?  These are the kinds of things that play over and over in my head.

I have never been to any other country except the United States. For instance, Canada. All the towns in Canada I have never been too. However, Canada is so big it would take way too much time to visit everywhere inside of it.

The other day I was thinking about something my Mom told me a couple of times as a kid. She said, "I would like to take a look around in that head of yours." Again, she only said this a couple of times, but it has always been something that just stuck with me for some odd reason. However, I would like to get a chance at that too. As I thought about this I realized that I have never visited my mind. I mean, REALLY visited my mind. I would imagine that it would be a very abstract place. Well, I think anyway. I see it filled with numbers, equations, shapes, words, feelings, and just a huge cage filled with hopes and dreams which I am still trying to figure out. I will never get to truly go and visit my mind. It makes you wonder just how in control of yourself you really are. Is there something greater inside all of us that we don't know about? I wish I could have an "out of body" experience and just take a ride inside the magic school bus and fly inside my body. I will never drive through an ocean of blood or hear what the heart sounds like when it seems like it is the size of a skyscraper. I won't get to do these things because the magic school bus isn't real. Not in real life anyway. I will never go places closer to me than any other.

I have never been to space. I understand most people can say that, but I am only talking for myself at the moment. I have never seen the whole earth from the outside, I will never visit the Sun and be able to touch it, I will never put red dirt from Mars on my face, I will never feel the density of a black hole, I will never leave this galaxy and explore all of the other galaxies, and I will never be near a star when it implodes. I never wanted to be an astronaut, so even the Moon is out of the question. If we figure out the mystery to light travel, then maybe all of that is possible, but figuring out light travel is considered an impossibility such as time travel or parallel universes. So, I won't be getting my hopes up. Due to all of this, most of us won't know what it is like just a few miles beyond the clouds we fly through.

There are many places I will never visit because other people have set up rules making it impossible to go. For example, North Korea and Cuba. I have certainly never been to either of those places. I think this is very foolish. I mean, come on, really? After the world transformed into a sustainable floating globe of water and fire, after volcanoes destroyed cities and formed dirt for us to walk upon, after the first atom bomb exploded making existence even possible, and after understanding how awesome it is just to be alive and breathing air. After all of that, people still come to the conclusion that some places are prohibited because we, who are nothing more than walking globs of watery bacteria, said so. As if we have the authority. We have NO authority. As if we have any say in the universe. Tell a fish it cannot swim where it will.

There are many states that I have never been to. I have never been to Alaska, Hawaii, New York, or even Pennsylvania. However, I will visit every state before I die. Even if I just visit a state for a couple hours while driving to another state. I will get them all. I feel like I am missing out by never going to some of these places. I don't want to be a traveler because you can spend your whole life traveling and miss more than if you had just stayed at home. I want to go places and live my life, but I will not make a life out of going places.

I have not been to the Caribbean or Bora Bora. I am sure they are wonderful and gorgeous places to visit, but you need money to fly to an island for the purpose of relaxing. When I am rich I will go. I say that because it is money that gives a person the luxury to relax wherever they choose. Otherwise, there is TV. I am not saying that in a way to make people feel bad, but watching football on TV is way better than watching it live. So maybe it doesn't have to be that much different for traveling. I wouldn't know.

Anyone ever watch Anthony Bourdain's Balls to the Wall Traveling? He went to that luxury restaurant by Machu Picchu. I have never visited that place. By the way, the restaurant is by Machu Picchu, not on top of Machu Picchu. Actually, I have never been to any of the weird and exciting places Anthony Bourdain has been to. I would love to go to some of them though one day.

All in all, this blog post isn't about going to the Moon, Canada, Bora Bora, or any of the other crap I wrote about. This blog post is about nothing going nowhere, like it always is.