Rob Gassie:
CLASS OF 1974
Lafayette High SchoolClass of 1974
Lafayette, LA
Rob's Story
Life
To begin with, please excuse the misspelling, gramatical lapses, etc. A good student I was not.
After high school I wandered a bit in what I guess would be best described as lathargic existance. A few weeks after a motorcycle accident I happened by a Navy recruiting center and walked in. I was informed that a "quality" guy such as myself could do well in the Navy but the cast on my arm would keep me from joining. I promply went home, broke the cast off and that next morning joined the ranks of our seafaring military.
The next four years I traveled throughout the East, endulged in diverse cultures,witnessed trageties,sinned a bit and embraced beauty. For four years I lived a life unparalled. Then as fast as it had begun, it was over and I returned to Lafayette.
Over the next 30 years I ...Expand for more
moved, then moved again, worked various jobs from project manager at an engineering firm, a photojournalist and writer and had occasional employment as a horse trainer, house renovator and teaching at the local community college.
I travelled a bit in central America and backpacked throughout the United States.
I have one incredible child, a son now grown and a pilot in the Air Force. Two years ago I married the most wonderful person in the world on a beach in Belize and although this may be a "late in life romance"....it was well worth the wait.
I now manage a bicycle shop in Virginia and spend time renovating the old house that my wife and I live in.....occasionally I surf the net and happen upon sites like this that take up a bit more of my time than I should allow....Adios, that's all folks!
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