Al DeGies:  

Hello to all. I always wonder how my old buds are? I found out I was adopted at age 40, this is why my last name is now DeGies and not Fulton. I went to my original birth name. My birth father was straight from Italy. I moved around a lot as a kid. Although I spent most my life in Renton-Washington area, I was in Arlington at a place called Evergreen Boys Home around Arlington-Washington, were I made friends there, and at that school. That was were I met my first confirmed girlfriend(Bonnie)in which I made her a ring, made out of wood in shop class, we never kissed though. I had only a few friends as those who truly knew me, realize I was a loner. I was a geeky looking kid that would have resembled Bill Gates with my big black framed glasses. Wow, what a turn of events. I went from being unsociable to; enjoy talking and visiting with everyone. I am happy with my life and the way I have turned out. It's obvious by the pictures I've posted that I love the outdoors, as well as traveling to new destinations around the world. I've hunted various big game, bears, elk, sheep, exotics, etc. I have two homes, one in Indianapolis and the other in Kodiak-Alaska. I am a VietNam Veteran even though I never had to go there, I am blessed in so many ways. I used to work for the State of Washington as an Construction Contracts Accounts Auditor (bean counter) for 15 years, auditing Construction contracts. The new Safeco Field for the Mariners was my last audit before I started my own business in Alaska as a "Outfitter". My Alaska business I sold in February 2008 was called "The Landing at Otter Cove, LLC" which I started, and built cliental that returned on a regular basis, for lodging, hunting big game and of course fishing. The new owners are young and immature and I wouldn't recommend going there just becuase of them. I've seen a lot, been a lot of places and met a lot of good people, to include various celebs. My hunting partner and best...Expand for more