| Here are my other photos. I usually put the newest ones up at the top so they are easier for me to find. Just click on the small image to make it bigger. |
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| My first airplane ride was on this Coast Guard C-130 going to Kodiak, Alaska in February 2000. |
Some of my friends before we got on the plane. |
Me at the Coast Guard Festival in Grand Haven, Michigan. See my "Coastie" plush toy next to the search light on my bridge? I really like it. |
I love Coastie. 1st place winning photograph in the Auxiliary Recreational Boating Safety photo contest, 1999. |
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| Columbus, OH boat show January 2000 This is my new friend Tyler Stender and his mom. |
Here I am at the Cleveland Boat Show in January. |
A new friend from the Cleveland Boat Show. |
Here I am at the Harrimer School in Marietta, Ohio. |
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| Annual Children's Safety Day, Harrimer School, Marietta. |
Uncle John Wargo and I at Dayton Children's Hospital in December 1999. |
My friend PFD Panda and me at the Children's Hospital for Christmas. |
My monthly visit to the Columbus Children's Hospital where I give out coloring books and my Coastie Trading Cards. |
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| I even get hugged by parents. This was my trip to Kid's Safety Day program in Springfield, Ohio. |
Here I am checking out the lights on this boat while a friend of mine from the Auxiliary does a Courtesy Marine Examination. |
My dad was sick over Christmas so I got to go to the hospital to visit him. |
My dad and the pilot of the Coast Guard helicopter in June 1999. They wouldn't let me go for a ride, though. |
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| Grandma Leah takes my brother to lots of schools in Marietta, Ohio to talk about boating safety. |
These are my friends from Anchorage, Alaska. |
Here is my brother in Anchorage and his friends. |
In July 1999 I got to be in a parade! It was lots of fun. |
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| Here are the 3 awards I received in 1999 at the International Boating and Water Safety Summit. That is my dad in the middle with my Uncle Warren McAdams on the left and Auxiliarist Jesse Harrup. |
One of the lessons I teach in my classroom presentations is "REACH OR THROW BUT NEVER GO IN" I was showing these two students how to reach something like this noodle to pull a victim from the water. |
This was during my visit to USCG HQ.. Washington DC I met the Commandant of the Coast Guard Admiral Loy and entertained the children from the USCG Day care center. We had a great time! |
Here I am with students at the Garrett A. Morgan Transportation and Technology Futures program for math and science, June 1998. |
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| Here I am getting ready to go on patrol with members of Eighth Eastern Region Auxiliary flotila 18-6 at Alum Creek State Park, Columbus, Ohio. |
This is my brother in Anchorage, Alaska. |
Here I am helping one of my friends from Marietta, Ohio learn how to put on a life jacket. |
My Grandpa Wendell Grimm from Marietta, Ohio. |
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| Here I am with the famous mascot of the Cleveland Indians base ball team. His name is SLIDER! We had a great time when I visited the 9th Coast Guard District during a Safety Day event. |
My Uncle Richard Ellwanger. |
My friends at the POPS. |
My Dad with a friend showing me off. |
Me and the Commandant
of the Coast Guard. |

My friends at a parade |
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