A hundred thoughts raced through Adam's mind as he stared at the space shuttle in the visitor's center, poised, as he thought, in a perpetual state of action. As if it still had some fight left in it, in spite of the trappings of humankind. There was a fine line between the fancies of boyhood and the endless expanse of being an adult in an adventurous, unpredictable and often dangerous world. It wouldn't be long before his own adventure launched in a much newer model, and while there would...

Freedom starts here. With speed. The audience and the race car drivers were on two sides of the same coin. One half basked in the electric environment, eager to share in a small portion of the thrills that came simply by partaking in the event. The other half, those few who at this point in life found themselves neck-high in the thrill and the risk of it all, were the drivers themselves. Anticipation for the start of the race thrummed across the stadium, leaving none immune to the excitement...

The True Spirit of the American West As soon as he saw the raging spirit enter the corral, something deep down inside of him knew they were kindred spirits. A raucous, desert-brown sandstorm of a horse was manhandled into the corral, snorting, kicking and screaming for all the world as if it were a runaway steam engine. The cowhands shouted and tugged at the ropes and waved their hats, but he coolly leaned on the fence, never batting an eye. It was with the stoic trademark of his people that...