My father was born in Italy. My mother was born in Colorado. They met and married in Southwestern Pennsylvania and never traveled again. I was a quiet shy dreamer growing up. My main pastime was observing people and dreaming of traveling to far off places. When I met my wife in college I stopped dreaming and moved into action. We have been traveling and exploring all life has to offer since. I went into the Coast Guard after college, expanding my world and beginning a life-time love affair with the sea. My wife taught school, taking time off to raise our three children, then going more...
