Mike Durand:
CLASS OF 1965
St. Philip Neri High SchoolClass of 1965
Detroit, MI
Mike's Story
Looking back I've have had a great life filled with both deep sorrow and great happiness, I have lived and traveled from one end to the other of Thailand, Taiwan and the Philippines I have lived in Michigan, New Mexico, California, Ohio and Texas my favors are the U.P. and North Texas.
I have travel to all 50 states I'm not but I think the only state I might have missed is Maine,
I have spent time in Guam, Okinawan, Truk Lagoon, Pohnpei, Belize, Cayman, Turks & Caicos, Grand Turks, Bahamas, Bonaire , Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and the Virginia Islands and Mexico .
I have jumped out of airplanes, traveled faster than the speed of sound, have scuba dove with dolphins, whales and sharks in the South Pacific, Atlantic, Gulf Of Mex...Expand for more
ico, Sea Of Cortez and I've even dove in an abandoned Missile Silo.
I have loved and been loved, experiences the pain of divorce and the deep pain of loosing my diving partner and wife to death she was so much younger then me, the joy and hardship of raising children as a single parent not once but twice. but this time around I'm much more aware of what I missed when I raised the first ones.
But the great thing is I'm not done yet in just 4 short years I will be able to hit the road again on my own, don't get me wrong I enjoy their company now but getting them to agree where to head is not always easy and now they want to bring friends on our trips.
Life sure can be great if we open our hearts and minds.
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