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Most Enormous Adventure
As a long-time motorcycle enthusiast, I've had many great
adventures over the years with the bike. But nothing to compare to the motorcycle tour of New Zealand's South Island in Feb-March of 2001. Two
weeks, 2500 miles. Sore butt. Criss-crossed just about every square
mile of the Southland. Good crew of fellow bikers, drank a lot of
Speight's Ale (at the end of the day, of course), saw a lot of beautiful
scenery, took a helicopter ride to the top of Mt. Cook, and many other
things I can't even remember. Unbelievable! The Kiwis are fine
people, and their country is said to be what America was like in the 1930's.
I'll always have a fond memory whenever I hear New Zealand mentioned.
Click here and have a look at some photos
from the trip.
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March 11th, 2001
This picture was taken on the morning of the last day of our tour.
We're outside the village of Punakaiki on the west coast, on the
Tasman Sea at a spot called Dolomite Point. Getting ready to head
back across country to Christchurch and then home.
Left to right:
Perry, Ron, Charlie, me, Alan, Brice, Jim F., Tom, Evan. |
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Second Most Enormous Adventure
A rafting trip down the Colorado
River through the Grand Canyon in August of 1982 with my good friend Jack Duey.
We were enjoying a martini in Palo Alto one day after work,
and decided it was time to do something exciting. A river rafting trip down through the
Grand Canyon sounded like a good idea, so we shook hands on it and a couple
of weeks later we were on a plane to Las Vegas. Rode a bus to
Hurricane, Utah, put into the water at Lake Powell and sailed triumphantly into Lake
Mead ten days later. Talk about grubby- I stood in a shower in a Las Vegas hotel for a solid
hour. When it was all over, we went back to the same bar, shook hands again,
and proclaimed that we were truly men of our word.
Lucky
to have made this trip before it became overly popular; I
understand it's pretty crowded now. Didn't take a camera because I had given up photography as a waste of time. (this was before
the age of digital cameras )
Countries and
other places of interest I've been
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USA
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Canada
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Mexico
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Panama
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Japan
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Okinawa
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Taiwan
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China
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Tahiti
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New Zealand
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Norway
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England
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Scotland
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Holland
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Columbia
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Aruba
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Denmark
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Caribbean Islands
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Hawaii
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Wake Island
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Ie
Shima
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Music
Much too much to say here; go on to the
Music page...
Cooking
I regard cooking as a major form of creativity, and have always enjoyed
working in the kitchen. And now that I have more time to devote to it, I approach
it more seriously. We're a kitchen-oriented family; my wife, with her extensive
collection of cookbooks, is an excellent chef and has always provided guidance
to some of the more esoteric endeavors. My children are all good cooks; in
fact, my son Jeff is a professional chef.
Here are some of my favorite creations:
Painting
In the early 1970's, a window opened and signaled to me that it was time to
try my hand at oil painting. In the space of about three and a half years,
I produced a good number of oils on canvas, most of which were pretty bad, but a
few of them turned out well enough to give to my kids and close friends, as well
as keep a couple to feather our own nest. I even had a booth at the annual
Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh one year.
Then, quite suddenly, the window closed and I could no longer paint anything.
Painter's block set in, and never left. So- just before we moved to California, that chapter of my life abruptly ended.
Here are some samples of my work:
My Top Movies of all time
(with the
exception of Braveheart, not in any particular order)
Significant Contribution to Mankind
The Far Pavilions Martini -
Try it if you
dare
Humor
Some
websites I've recently designed and developed for clients:
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