I was fascinated with trains as a child in Vermont, with vivid memories as an infant in my grandfather’s arms and witness to the visceral sounds, smells, sights and motion of an operating steam locomotive. Indelible images. That interest fueled a hobby in trains until overwhelmed by the discovery of team sports, cars and girls.

   I was educated as an architect, but those years revealed I had more of an engineer’s mind and spent over 42 years designing plumbing and piping systems on projects around the country. This profession allowed me the opportunity to live and explore many places including Houston Texas, Tucson Arizona, Calgary Alberta Canada, Las Vegas Nevada, Denver Colorado and currently in Cripple Creek Colorado.

   I also developed an early appreciation for Mother Nature’s gifts which persist to this day. An avid hiker and climber I summited many of Colorado’s 14’ers and have trekked the Nepalese Himalayas including a trip to Everest basecamp. After a knee injury I took up bicycling reinvigorating another lost passion of my youth. After receiving a United States Cycling Federation Coaching license, I became Head Coach for the Colorado Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s ‘Team in Training’ program for 12 seasons in which I taught and trained everyday people the physical and mental skills to ride 100 miles in a day in events across the west. I have ridden well over two dozen century rides. A most enjoyable part of life.

   I have been a ‘car guy’ since before I could drive having owned muscle cars, Porsches and high end SUV’s and BMW’s. My current stable includes a BMW M6 and a 50-year-old chevy pickup.

   I have been a ‘best man’ in 5 weddings but remained unattached until after the age of 50, mostly by choice, until the love of my life and soul mate found me. My wife D has always encouraged me to maintain the passions and love of life I always exhibited but brought a sense of peace and tranquility I had previously never known. I am forever indebted to her.

   I have a simple creed to life: You have two choices; you can participate in life or be a spectator of it. I have never been a spectator.

   Peace, good health and happiness to all.