History
My hometown
Other places I've been
LIVED: Thermal, CA - 19 yrs; Ontario, CA - 8 months; Indio, Ca - 4 Yrs; Thermal, CA - 1979 to present. TRAVELED: All 50 states, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Bahamas, Barbados, New Zealand, Australia, Figi. LOVE: Yosemite - 1966 (final year of the firefall), 1974 (Honeymoon), several times w/family, 2007 w/Girl Scout troop. Black Hills of South Dakota - repeat visits. Thousand Pines Baptist Camp, Crestline, CA - family camp since 1959, summer and winter camp as a youth, married & 3 sons dedicated in Prayer Chapel, youngest son baptisted in the pool, still attend family camp every year.
Education
- John Kelley School, K - 8th grade, Thermal, CA - 1960 to 1968
- Coachella Valley High School, Thermal, CA, Band (4 year letter), English - 1969 to 1972
- College of the Desert (JC), Palm Desert CA, English/Literature - 1972 to 1974
- Azusa Pacific College (now University), Azusa, CA, Literature/Religion - 1974 to 1975
- College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA, Odd classes to supplement my knowledge - 1975 to 1980
- California Department of Forestry, Stn #39, Firefighter I, II, Volunteer Rescue Driver - - 1982 to 1993
