Life Is Good

I joined VS-23 in March, 1957 and went inactive in January of 1959; thus, I know about half of Bob's mailing list. I did a brief stint with VS-774 ('61-'63) at Los Alamitos with Danny flying 'fam' flights.

Got married in 1963 and still am, to Iris whom some of you have met. We had 3 kids - girl, boy, boy. The latter has boy/girl twins age 3 1/2. We retired to Ashland, Oregon in 2002 where our daughter had been teaching school for several years. Grandchildren live in Morro Bay, CA so we see a lot of the I5 corridor. Going to Legoland the last week in March. - anyone know of a San Diego area house/condo rental available for 7 adults and 2 small kids?

VS-23 highlights: A single-engine GCA at Los Alamitos on Christmas Eve of 1958, a vertigo inspired attempt to buy a North Island farm after a Quebec exercise further South, foiled by co-pilot Ken E., chasing holes in the sky with the USS Princeton after an S&R flight on the '58 cruise, using Kobi Sho for navigation and last but not least - a check ride trying to decipher El Toro's Able/Nan with O.T.

Modern technology and VA meds keep me chugging along and "Life Is Good".

Jo F.