Don Ryan:
CLASS OF 1986
Franklin Pierce High SchoolClass of 1986
Tacoma, WA
Mt. Tahoma High SchoolClass of 1985
Tacoma, WA
Don's Story
Life
Wow, life can take us away from where we began and now bring us all back together again. I settled in Port Orchard, WA after a breif stint with college and landed a great career in the auto industry.
After many changes throughout dealerships, I broke away to start my own and now today have my own used car dealership, A car rental company, a finance company and a real estate business trust. I have yet to achieve the size that I want my business to become, because that always changes over time with more growth.
I have two wonderful kids, a girl who is 14 in February 05' and a son who is now 8. They are both a great highlight in my life and give me a wonderful opportunity to share life experiences with as they grow up.
Although, today I am single and live alone, (I share custody of my kids), I spend my off time trainning for the things in life I enjoy the most like Hiking, (spent a week in the Olympic Mountians with my kids this past summer), traveling, (Spent a week in vegas last spring and can't wait to go back this spring), Cycling, (four diferent road tours last summer plus many personal rides), roadtrips to the ocean, (I spent a total of 30 days at Ocean Shores this past year, 2-5 days at a time). I could go on and on about that stuff.
I have become a real wine connoissuer this p...Expand for more
ast couple of years as well, and this spring I am planting a 10,000 square foot vinyard in the Port Orchard area on one of my pieces of land. Hopefully in 5-7 years I will have a good marketable grape for a future pub I have in the works.
After reading some of this, most people will not know me. They will only remember the pot smoking, long haired, troubled kid I was back in school. From Baker Junior High and into Mount Tahoma I changed from a clean kid to the kid that peer pressure almost crushed and destroyed. Thankfully, by the time I hit my young twenties and had my first child on the way, my outlook on life changed again. So, today I live to achieve that which I lost in my childhood. I did graduate, but it was from another school, since I moved out on my own in eleventh grade.
Its funny how time drifts by and one day you realize that you are about to have a twenty year reunion. The people who once were a part of your life have been gone for some time and now you can re-connect with them. I hope to see a few of you during this next year at reunion time and hope you too will benefit from re-connecting with me.
P.S. I tried to show my kids where thier father went to school this past summer, but found out that Mount Tahoma is now Stadium. See how things change........
Don Ryan
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