As of Monday afternoon, he had taken calls from five legitimate prospects and two others who wanted to know if he was serious. No, he's through joking around. Ever since he was diagnosed with cancer in 1984 and told he'd live only 25 days, Lawrence decided if he wants to go somewhere, he goes. Since going through experimental treatment, the cancer has been in remission. If he wants to do something, he does it.
Talk is cheap.
It used to be I'd only travel when I had the opportunity. Now I'm retired. Anything can get worked in. And anything, over the past few years, has included quite a lot. Lawrence, a former Hanford manager, has visited all 50 states, gone fishing in the Florida Keys, explored parts of Mexico that tourists usually avoid and toured across Canada, all the way to the eastern reaches of Newfoundland.