Brian Boettcher:  

Thanks for visiting. I don't receive messages here, so drop Janet and/or me a note on Facebook. Thanks to those who already have. For the rest of the story... Janet (Presslein, also Custer '71) and I are still married - gee, 44 years already! She's a retired elementary school teacher. We have three kids, and five grandkids. I made a career in the Federal civil service. Since '76 we've moved a few times - New Mexico, Germany, Maryland, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and back to Maryland. After 32 years with the Feds, I retired and took a job with my local County government, I fully retired in 2015. We sold our Maryland residence in '20 and moved to Texas. Our main interest these days is traveling - taking advantage of our "go-go" years (interrupted a bit by COVIDS). To date, we've now visited 78 countries. We just finished a Trans-Pacific and Japan voyage. A Norwegian Arctic cruise earlier took us to Nordkapp, Norway. Since January we have visited both Arctic and Antarctic Circles. Earlier we cruised around South America, down to Antarctica and up the Amazon River. Trips on the pending board: South Pacific (April '24), Greenland/Iceland (July '24), Eastern Danube (Oct '24). We aren't getting any younger, and those no-go years are coming! From January to March '18, we finished a 77-day 'round the world trip - visiting Italy, Morocco, Russia, taking the Trans-Siberia Railway to Mongolia and China, Vietnam, India, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and back home via LA. You can follow our RTW trip and other travels at roundtheworld2018(dot)Wordpress(dot)com. We have a little "Jucy" campervan, an ex-rental vehicle built on a 2010 Chrysler T&C chassis. It's easy to drive, easy on gas, and takes us around in some style - Quebec and Nova Scotia, the Smokies, Florida, Texas, the Black Hills, Yellowstone, the Utah National Parks, and Wisconsin. We can pull off and sleep almost anywhere - Y...Expand for more