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TEN YEARS LATER..................................................................................................... 249
About the e-Book............................................................................................................ 258
 PROLOGUE
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INSPIRATION IS WHERE you find it. You canтАЩt force it, and you canтАЩt predict when
and where it will come. I had nothing to do with the inspiration that made our great
adventure possible. But the inspiration that made it practical came to me while I was
walking with my friend Dak through a railroad freight yard in my hometown of Daytona.
Dak is a string bean, well over six feet, and could hide behind a flagpole. African-
American, though he doesnтАЩt use the term, and fairly dark. Dak is short for Daktari,
which is Swahili for doctor, тАЬA hell of a thing to wish on a newborn baby,тАЭ he once said.
HeтАЩs my age, from the same graduating class but different high schools. We often took
these long walks, often on the tracks. Here we sorted out the big questions of life. Is there
a God? Are we alone in the universe? Is Britney Spears too old to stay on the Top Ten
Babe of All Time list? Would Al Johnson switch to Team Chevy before the next 500?
тАЬDoes it look like rain?тАЭ
I looked around and sniffed the air.
тАЬSure does.тАЭ Thunderheads were towering in the east, and what else is new? This was