Below are links to some pictorial records of portions of my life
when I was not heavily involved in sailing. Use the menu on the left or
the links below for pictures and descriptions of these non-sailing events in my
life. |
Panama, 1974-1975 |
In 1974 I headed a team of programmers in the development of a
communications message switching system for the U.S. Army. Our second
installation of this system was at the Corozal Army facility in the Panama
Canal Zone. At this time I had been leading this software development team
for over three years working 60 - 70 hour weeks with almost no time off.
The last year of this effort had been spent almost entirely in Panama. At
the completion of the Corozal installation I was expected to take on another
major software development project. I determined that I was heading for a
burn-out and instead volunteered for the on-site support position in Panama
which we had been unable to fill up until then. This ended up being a one
year vacation with bonus pay and no income tax. The money I saved by not
paying taxes for two years covered the purchase of a new sailboat when I
returned to the states in January, 1976. |
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Okinawa, 1966-1967 |
I joined the US Air Force in the fall of 1964, shortly after I graduated
from Franklin & Marshall College. The Air Force decided to make a
meteorologist out of me and sent me to Texas A&M in 1965 for another year of
education. In 1966 I got my first assignment as an Air Force weather
forecaster at Naha Air Base on the island of Okinawa. |
Japan, 1966 |
I had a few opportunities to visit the main islands of
Japan while stationed on Okinawa. Unfortunately I have retained few of the
pictures I took on those trips. |
Vietnam, 1967-1968 |
From Okinawa I volunteered for a tour of duty in Vietnam. I was assigned to
the Air Force Base at Tuy Hoa on the coast in II Corps. |
Hong Kong, 1968 |
While in Vietnam I took trips out of country every chance I got. The single
official trip was my Rest and Recreation (R&R) in Hong Kong. |
Chicago & Wrigley Field |
While I have been cursed with the affliction of a life-long Cubs fan, the
one good side to this curse is taking in a game in the "Friendly Confines".
The outcome of the game is usually the downside of the curse. This
year (2017) will be a new experience - going to a Cubs game when they are
defending World Series champs. |
Canal du Nivernais, 1995 |
For a long time I had wanted to visit Europe, especially France, but never
seemed to get around to it. In 1995, and again in 1998, friends organized
barge trips on two of the most popular canals in France and I tagged along.
These barge tours started the thinking that led me to plan the
Atlantic
Circle sailing trip that began in 2005. |
Canal du Midi, 1998 |