HikingWalkingSticksCo.com
Title
Colorado Walking Sticks made from real Aspen Trees
Description
Excerpted from the website:
- I am a retired principal who started carving about 25 years ago. I have a wonderful wife of 51 years and two grown children who both live in Colorado. As a young boy, I thought I would like to be a commercial artist. Life takes many twists and turns. I joined the Navy after high school and served as a medic during the end of the Korean War. When I was discharged from the Navy, I decided to go to college on the GI Bill and enrolled in a pre-med program. An unfortunate family tragedy occurred and I changed my goal. I eventually became a Biology teacher. I left the classroom to become a principal and spent 28 years in administration. It was a little later in my life that I began to carve. My father became ill and started to carve while he was recuperating. My dad encouraged me to start carving and we started to carve together. My 1st cousin, Bob Guge, who passed away some years ago, was a bird carver and carved miniture birds. His oldest son, Bob, is now a famous bird carver. So, I guess I inherited some art genes that exist on my father's side of the family. We moved from Illinois in 1978, as I was hired to be a principal in Eagle Vail, Colorado. Nan and I eventually moved out of the mountains and now reside in Morrison, Colorado. The rest is History.
