The Swabbie

I'm just a Country boy, married to a Wonderful, Incredible, Lady. We live in Rural Upstate South Carolina, foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. I have 3 grown kids. I'm a Grandfather to 2 beautiful little girls (Alex & Casey) and an AWESOME little grandson Donovan from my daughter.

Me, I was raised on a 200 acre Cattle ranch in Southwest Florida. I also grew up in the woods hunting & fishing all my life. On the ranch I learned to do it all, fence repairs, herding, medicine, branding, roping and all the hard work. Its not a glamorous job like in the movies. I ended up taking over care of my sisters horse because she was a bit young to take care of it at the time.

I'm an Honorably Discharged, partially disabled Navy Veteran. I worked in Naval Communications Intelligence in ASCOMM intelligence Centers. I've flown 150 hours flight time in P3C Orion Aircraft. I was a Communications Center Supervisor. I held a Top Secret security clearance. At one of my duty stations I was assigned to Ground Defense Forces as a Combat Platoon Leader at GDF.

I flown almost to the North Pole, I've seen the leaning tower of Pisa, the Pyramids, the Coliseum in Rome, the Parthenon, Acropolis in Greece.. the palace of Knossos in Crete and the Ferry down to Santorini. I lived on an Active Volcano (Mount Etna) for 2 years and even got to see it erupt a couple of times. I've been to Pompeii and Vesuvius near Naples Italy. I walked in the Catacombs under Palermo Sicily. I've walked the ancient streets of Madrid. I've seen the sunset in the desert city of Sidi Yahia Morocco and felt the heat of the Sahara winds. I've been to the Highlands of Scotland and to Norway, France & England. I dont have room to list every cool place I went to ..but, I would say I did some serious traveling.

I hunt deer, turkey, squirrel and anything else you can kill, catch or eat. I Gold prospect when I can!