Must write daily! Something, anything. I’ve looked back on so many stages of my life that I wish I’d recorded, if only just for me. Vietnam, four plus years with two and a half in country. There were many letters; a lot to my folks and more to Teri. I’ll have to go over those to jog my memory as I’d like to construct a journal of those times. It will be interesting filtering through the bullshit as I tried to keep Teri interested and not scare the crap out of my folks. I may find that there is nothing there, but I’d like to try.
Then there was the next twenty years. Joined up with Teri, built a family and dragged them to Colorado to make our fortune in the Rockies. Got my ass handed to me making that fortune and wound up dragging family to Alaska for the next twenty years. And that is another twenty year story story.
Don’t know how much of it will end up here; some, no doubt. As usual, I make no promises other than to chronicle our travels as a basic theme. Count down to next phase is about 16 days or so, still working out basic plan.
Look ahead, if you never look back at the traffic jam behind you, the road ahead looks mighty peaceful and serene. It helps if you turn down your hearing aid and miss all that annoying honking. Whatever you do.
Stay ahead of them!
About Me
- Troy
- 1964: after high school life begins. Asked to consider not returning to OSU after the first year. 1966 drafted; grunt, door gunner, HU1 pilot. Out in Dec '70. 1972 married, joined fire dept and bought first house over a 6 month span. 1980 moved family (which now consisted of wife Teri, daughter Amy and son Ryan) to CO. 1990 moved all to bush Alaska to work for the dark side (the FAA). Started Blog to keep family and friends up on our whereabouts. Retired in March 2010. In Feb 2012 sold house in Alaska. By May had bought in Redmond and completed the move. Still nesting in Redmond and loving it!
