Michael Bucove:  

Life, June 2015, Adventure is key to what drives me. After NTH and several colleges, Centralia, UW four times, Seattle U, Alaska, and several military schools; flight, and others, I went to Viet Nam as a helicopter pilot. After that I flew to El Salvador in a borrowed Luscumbe to see my brother, Greg. Hopped freight trains across the country twice and then took a bicycle ride across England, France, Spain and the USA with the woman who became my first wife at age 36. I found that I liked marriage. We built a log house on five acres in Snoqualmie, Wa. before we separated. I ran away to Alaska after the divorce and have lived and worked there between 1982 and 2013. I met my wife of 30 years in '85 in Ketchikan. I've lived on boats since '85, one in Alaska and another in Bellingham where I can be close to my darling. Retired late 2012 from a job in the interior of Alaska, month on, month off with two ATP ratings and am just short of 16,000 flight hours. I've traveled a fair amount while chasing my family, friends, and for work. Brother Greg is back in the states after many years in Brasil, Veteran brother Rod died from agent orange years ago, I, too, had an Agent Orange cancer on my vocal cords but am fortunate to still be able to speak. Our Mum is approaching 103 and still recognises us. I've had 23 forced landings in flying machines, been on fire twice, shot at lots, and still have all my fingers and toes but not much sanity left. The last IQ test came back posi...Expand for more