Tim Bodell:  

Attended grade schools in Detroit & Center Line, MI Attended high school in MO & colleges in MO & MI Began automotive engineering career in Akron, OH in 1967 Continued with automotive engineering in Detroit area in 1968 Started in 6/1967 - Retired in 12/2016 - 6 Decades! Worked on North American, Asian, & European vehicles. In the good old days we talked about cubic inches and carbs. Today it's cup holders, speakers & emissions. Tomorrow it will be watts and no driver! - Yikes! Started dating my wife to be in '62 & married 9/1966 and have 2 daughters. Residing in the wonderful Plymouth, MI area for 57 years (4 Plymouth area residences over the years - same land line phone number except for area code) Enjoy traveling and the 4 methods used were road, rail, water, and air. Like everyone, first trips were in the family car from home. Checked the map and covered 23 states east of the Mississippi River, 8 states west of the Mississippi and 1 Canadian Province. FYI - Drive south from Detroit to enter Canada. Even had a few rail trips. Four trips between cities and 6 scenic trips in the US. Five trips (Europe & South America) between cities and 1 scenic trip (Canada) outside the US. Using cars, trains, boats, ships, and planes got us to many places. Six continents / 32 countries / 4 territories (countries visited updated & territories added to reflect islands previously visited in the South Pacific & Caribbean) / 115 airports (includes a few African grass fields) / 100+ days cruising at sea & on rivers / 48 states (US) / 29 National Parks (US) / 7 provinces (CAN) / 5 National Parks (CAN) ) and spending time "Up North" (MI slang for n...Expand for more