Thing One:

• Get chased by brown bear at Cold Bay, Alsaka (thanks, I'll pass on that one).
• Live one summer in a tent on an island in the Skagway river.
• Drive tugboats for fun and profit

Thing Two:

• Play twice in the NCAA DivIII final four women's volleyball.
• Perform spinal surgery training procedures on cadavers.
• Run a marathon

Stuff I've done that Dad didn't ever get to do:

• Spend a watch at the wheel of USCGC Tackle, breaking ice in the Penobscot river.
• Visit Paris, Carcassone, Amsterdam, Cape Town, Beijing, Xian, Chongqing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Sydney, Melbourne, Christchurch, Auckland and Karnack, TX.
• Pull calves.

Stuff my Dad did that his Dad never did:

• Boatswain on a square-rigged sailing vessel.
• Helmsman on a square-rigged sailing vessel.
• Talk a man out of committing suicide.
• Be a good father.

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