| One question that you undoubtedly have, concerns the reason I am selling my property. Motive always seems to be important to people. The short of it is that I am a man who lives my dreams. When they are fulfilled, I move on. Many of my dreams originated when I was around 12 to 13 years old. I wanted a number of major things in my life: To be an airline pilot, to own and fly my own helicopter, to live and travel in my own motorhome, and to own a farm or ranch. I have a few other major dreams and innumerable minor dreams, which are being fulfilled on a consistent basis. One of these is the construction of an amphibious aircraft in the new Light Sport Category of aviation introduced by the FAA a few years ago (photo far below in the right column). I retired early from American Airlines as a 767 & 757 International Captain. I subsequently bought the helicopter you see on this page. It is a Hughes OH6-A (like a 500C) turbine powered 4 place Viet Nam era warbird. This is similar to the one that you may have seen in the Tom Selleck television show, Magnum P.I., many years ago. I sold it February 8th, 2006. Most of the aerial photos and all of the videos were taken from the helicopter. In October 2005, I acquired the motorhome (seen at the right and below) for my dream travels, expeditions, and adventures. I sold it in January 2011. Ultimately, as my dreams are fulfilled, I shed the acquired equipment and move on. Some say I am very lucky, but my luck is preceded by careful planning, self control, and frugal early years (for which I was roundly criticized on an ongoing basis, years ago). I was careful not to spend everything I earned. The price of all this or possibly the major enabler is that I was married once, am now divorced, and don't have any children that I know of. Sometimes I think it was a very high price to pay. I hope this helps you understand my reasons for selling my ranch. The dream has been fulfilled. |
| If you look carefully at the photo to the right, just above the top of the passenger seat, you can see the concrete blocks that form the campfire circle on the ranch. You can actually see this on Google Earth, with the more recent improvements in their satellite photo resolution. Occasionally, I have friends over for roasted marshmallows and smores. Sometimes I cook salmon over the fire on a grate. There is plenty of wood around for fires. I build a nice big fire, then let it burn down to a large hot bed of coals before any cooking or roasting. When the vegetation conditions are very dry, I run a hose out to the fire circle, for safety. At one time, I had an obstacle course on the property. It provided for some interesting and vigorous exercise. Part of it included climbing up and over two 20 foot shipping containers I have (these will be included with the sale of the property). Also, there is a 1,000 gallon propane tank on the property. It is my intention to install a propane powered Generac automatic generator. (Though I wrote this paragraph several years ago. It became an accomplished fact on 25 September 2011. The generator is 15 KW. Upon failure of the electric utility, generator power automatically takes over 36 seconds after utility failure.) |
| Above, near the top, is my last aircraft, discussed in the yellow text block above. To the right is, possibly, my next aircraft, an amphibious Light Sport Category airplane capable of landing on water or land. See www.Sea-Plane.com: CLICK HERE. |
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| Why Selling |
| 20 Acres in Western Martin County Offered for Sale: $249,000 |
| I wanted to show a friend some of the salads I have been making recently, so I put them on my website for my convenience. I know it isn't appropriate, but it's my website and it was a handy thing to do. There are 8 of them. They look pretty tasty, don't they? |