Darice Rickes:  

Life Moved to Florida in 1980. Graduated St. Leo University with a B.A. in Music and Secondary Education. Currently in Pasco County, FL. We still travel a lot. We just went on a cruise around the tip of South America this past December-it was quite interesting-definitely not somewhere I'd like to live. Pretty desolate. Summer of 2004 we went to California-visited Linda Dickter and her family. Then flew to Hawaii for a few days then to Fiji for a few more days then on to Australia and New Zealand for a month. New Zealand is gorgeous. On our way home we stayed in Tahiti for a week and then back to California to spend more time with Linda (lot's of fun) and then back home to FL just in time to start school. Went to China, Japan, Korea,Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand & HongKong summer of 05.I've always had a tremendous amt.of respect for our military,but after that trip, in my eyes they are revered.I can't imagine how they deal with the weather conditions there. We were miserable the entire time from the heat & humidity. The pollution in China was horrendous. Of course, we stopped in California & visited Linda and her family. Her kids are gorgeous. Got to spend some time with Dianne. It's amazing-we've been friends for 41 years now. However, we just don't get to spend enough ti...Expand for more