I’ve been a welder, firefighter, plumber, carpenter and diver. I rebuilt and restored a lighthouse, finished and sailed a wooden boat in the Pacific, rode a motorcycle from Seattle to Miami and done wind sprints on Independence Pass. I’ve explored Crusader castles, touched Roman statues, climbed the mountains of Petra and swum in the Red Sea.
I managed the industrial safety program for all the SE coast Guard stations, investigated and mopped up oil and chemical spills, pulled boaters out of the ocean and maintained the lights along major waterways. I used to coordinate law enforcement in counter terrorism along the Tennesee, Cumberland, Ohio, Missouri and Mississippi rivers. I’ve sandblasted, repaired and repainted boats of all kinds and sizes from jon boat to icebreaker. I’ve built homes, dug ditches, sold pest control, installed cable, built cabinets, furniture and boats. I was a licensed financial adviser in three States and for a while, a partner in an internet trucking load business.
But you know what I love? Cleaning.
One day I hope to be a beach bum in Belize.
