Robert Troyer:  

"My Life In The Fast Lane By Bob Troyer My first stop on the road of life after 29 Palms was Chaffey College in Alta Loma, California. For some unknown quirk of fate, Art Stone decided to go there too. My mom owned a house in Ontario, so I offered a rented room to Art and we became housemates. That was the beginning of a lifelong friendship. We had a lot of fun going to Chaffey together, where I met my first wife, Mary. I took her to the "Date" festival in Indio on our first date and the rest is history. We got married and I dropped out of Chaffey for a while. I was 19 years old and just learning! Mary and I decided to get educated together and did both finish Chaffey with an AA degree each. We then went on to Cal State Long Beach where we both graduated in 1968 with BA degrees. While there, I majored in Woodworking and my instructor was Dr. Louis Quinones, formerly of 29 Palms High! I also studied Photography and had one of my photos accepted in a big show where there were 1200 entrants and 300 finalists. I have avidly pursued photography ever since. Five years into our marriage, she decided the grass was greener in another's yard, so we parted ways, but still remained friends. Her tragic end came after her 3rd husband died and she died of a broken heart and other medical complications. We had no children by choice. I started work at AMPEX corporation in Culver City, California where I met Maureen, my second wife in the series. She was a former model and we were extremely compatible. She was an oil painter artist and I learned wheel thrown pottery. We traveled all over southern California to art shows selling our wares. Maureen had 3 children but only one lived with us for a year. We moved to Hawaii in 1975 and I taught woodworking at the University of Hawaii. While teaching, I learned computers in my spare time and got a job teaching computing to other nstructors at UH. Maureen and I divorced in 1980. She lives in California now. With the advent of Computer Aided Design software, I had the opportunity to start a short career in Architectural Drawing. This eventually led to my teaching AutoCAD at three different community colleges in Honolulu, Hawaii. The excellent money I made as a part time teacher allowed us to buy a townhouse on the Waikele golf course just above Pearl Harbor. I am on the second tee and have a beautiful view of Pearl Harbor from my upstairs bedroom window. I met my third wife, Rebecca - the dancer - during the time when the "Dirty Dancing" movie came out. Rebecca and I can really cut a rug or two. She is now an accomplished Hula dancer and assistant to the Kumu(teacher) of her hula halau(group). Rebecca had 2 children by her former husband. Her da...Expand for more