Mike Hobbies & Interest Web Pages
In the sub-web pages below I will try to add some "interesting" content on things that occupy my retired time.
I have to warn you ... my interests are many. However, I'll restrict myself to just a few that might be of general interest to others. Such as my diving adventures, my photographing of birds & critters, flowers & gardens, etc. User's choice as to what you may wish to stop and visit on this site.
I add these pages mostly for family & friends ... who are always asking me "what have you been up to?" Or "how was your dive trip to XXX". Having this one site where I can send them to share memories, adventures, and just all those "cool" things we pass in life. Lar & Mike are both one of those people that firmly believe "Ya gotta stop and smell the roses along the way!" There are indeed so many neat things in life to appreciate. Here are some that I always stop to smell!
I have to warn you ... my interests are many. However, I'll restrict myself to just a few that might be of general interest to others. Such as my diving adventures, my photographing of birds & critters, flowers & gardens, etc. User's choice as to what you may wish to stop and visit on this site.
I add these pages mostly for family & friends ... who are always asking me "what have you been up to?" Or "how was your dive trip to XXX". Having this one site where I can send them to share memories, adventures, and just all those "cool" things we pass in life. Lar & Mike are both one of those people that firmly believe "Ya gotta stop and smell the roses along the way!" There are indeed so many neat things in life to appreciate. Here are some that I always stop to smell!
Some "old" Mike History & Genealogy
Most of you probably will have no or little interest in this small section of my website. However, about four or five years ago I started to seriously do some genealogy on my family origins. This resulted in a pretty extensive background search which I captured in the Family Tree Maker application and their website searching. NO ... I'm not posting all of that here!!!
But, as I was working on all of this, and talking to many of my cousins and family friends, they asked that I put together just a shorter summary of some of the many stories I had told them about growing up and the grandparents on my mother's side (Fechter). It turned out to be a huge hit and success. So they again asked that I include a part about my own early "adventures" when I first left Saginaw, Michigan and entered the USAF. At that time, 1965-1970, everything I did was classified Top Secret and above and I could never speak about my duties! But, many years later it has now become de-classified and much of my work in the USAF is public domain information. So I added that after the real early adventures growing up. So these are some of my "early adventures". All of this is in the download PDF file in the link to the right. For those with any serious interest ... ENJOY!! |
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