great post - this reminds me of all the things I can physically no longer do. I experienced some of it while living in Canada for the past 40 years - wild water rafting is something I wanted to do (Fraser River, BC) but never really did .... opportunities lost. Now I take walks in the parks of Vienna, Austria, and reminiscing about climbing the Bearhump in Waterton Lakes National park, with my infant son strapped to my chest. I am a city boy, but my longing was always for the mountains.
Kind sir,
If you can get to the river, I can get you down every wet, rejuvenating inch of it. I may not be able to do much of anything else, but I can put you in places where the river is her chattiest, and bring you back, safe but different. More smiley than before.