C Michael Bailey:  

I was born in the mid-1950's in southern Mississippi. As a child I lived mostly with my Grandparents in Mississippi but later I began traveling with my parents. My Dad worked for RCA, the Navy and for NASA so we traveled quite a bit. I often tell people that I have lived places that aren't even on a map - I remember living in a place in the Appalachian mountains that is still not on Google Earth to this day. I have lived in Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Ontario, Canada. I have visited every state in the continental United States and Hawaii at least once, I have traveled extensively in Canada, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean and I have visited South America, Europe and the United Kingdom. My wife is a first generation American and most of her family still lives in Ireland, England and Malta so we try to visit the UK as often as possible. During high school I was fortunate to live in three very unique places. The first was Lexington Park, MD when my Dad worked at Pautuxent Naval Air Station. I attended Great Mills High School and was in the marching band. I was also a member of St. Adelaides Drum & Bugle Corp. Next I lived in Middleburg, Virginia - the heart of horse country - where I worked part-time on a horse farm and attended high school at Loudoun Valley High. And finally I finished high school in Jefferson County WV. Jefferson High School wa...Expand for more